My Real Hero (Rev) Poem by Margaret Alice Second

So let all the people proclaim that a higher purpose
has been served - rummaging through books at my
bookstore led to a favourite, Velikovsky’s ‘Ages in
Chaos’ - which I desired passionately, and to add

Dessert to the substantial meal served by his tome,
there’s also ‘Thief of Time’ by Terry Pratchett, which
I love, reminding me of my melodious guru Lobsang
Rampa; - and the cherry on top brings in Susan,

Death’s unwilling granddaughter and a reincarnation
of an unstoppable Mary Poppins - while an Eternally
Surprised Wen’s sweet Lady Time makes an elegant
“Audrey Hepburnesque” appearance;

These wonderful things framed within ideas of time
wound & unwinding on prayer wheels, is a course
so full of variety it almost out-ranks my real hero,
Velikovsky, himself!


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Let all the people proclaim that a higher purpose
has been served, rummaging through books at
my favourite bookshop led to Velikovsky - Ages
in Chaos - which I desired with a passion - and

To add pudding to the substantial meal served by
his tome, also Thief of Time by Terry Pratchett –
which I love as it reminds of Lobsang Rampa, my
melodious guru, and the cherry on top: it also

Brings in Susan, Death’s unwilling granddaughter
becoming the reincarnation of the very unstoppable
Mary Poppins – while the Eternally Surprised Wen’s
sweet Lady Time again makes her elegant Audrey-

Hepburnesque appearance; these wonderful things
framed within the idea of time wound and unwinding
on prayer wheels, is a pudding so full of variety - it
almost out-ranks my real hero, Velikovsky, himself!