November 26, 2019 · 1:57 am
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Surely Not – a poem by Paul Vincent Cannon

VJs Weekly Challenge – Moderation

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“Everything in moderation, including moderation.”  Oscar Wilde (his variation of an oft quoted piece usually attributed to Ralph Waldo Emerson, who was using Plato’s original)

Surely Not

Doctor Temperance called me today,
knock back the booze, chocky and chips,
she said, laconically,
it’s the new religion!
But what about peace, love,
and breathing,
I want those in excess,
I said, and
there ended the new gospel.

©Paul Vincent Cannon

Paul, pvcann.com

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30 responses to “Surely Not – a poem by Paul Vincent Cannon”

  2. Reflections of an Untidy Mind
    November 26, 2019 at 6:33 am

    I dunno. Chocky, chips and booze seems like a reasonable compromise.

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  5. matthewjrichardson
    November 26, 2019 at 10:20 am

    The gospel according to Paul. Sign me up!

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  6. V.J. Knutson
    November 26, 2019 at 2:01 pm

    This made me laugh. Somethings are good in excess.

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  12. lync56
    December 17, 2019 at 2:45 pm

    Interesting take

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