Many things influence one's life; how profound is THAT?
And such "things", big or small, are the topics of this little ‘chat'.
Some of them influence us ….even BEFORE we've been born ….
such as who our parents are. [Can you imagine yours being goats or corn! ? ]
Some of the things I'll mention influence a relative few;
some have influenced millions of people, including ME and YOU.
What if Jimmy Durante had had a little nose?
Many of you've never heard of him, ….which is ok, I suppose.
What if Mae West had not had such a "come hither" look?
You may find both ‘J' and ‘M', in an old "American Entertainers" book.
What if people never made mistakes while writing?
Would ‘would-be-proofreaders' (for waiter jobs) be fighting.
Now here are two names I'll bet most of you have heard:
Adolf Hitler and Jesus Christ. Both followed destiny undeterred.
[well, sort of]
What if Jesus had been put to death by lethal injection?
What if Adolf had died, when a teen, of a flu infection?
Life for millions, at least, would NOT …..have been "the same".
(November 8, 2015)
You've framed (or reframed) a question of the ages. I don't think we, or Mrs. Calabash, wherever she is, will ever get an answer. This is a great poem.
Another delightfully insane poetical trapeze act from the Bri-llo Pad! I like the last stanza best. I don't know if someone's parent can be corn. How about a goat or a faun?
This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
I would like to translate this poem
Life on earth is like a magic show and we do not know when or what it is going to unfold. A delightful poem on probability and possibilities thrown-up by the dice of life.