Variations On The Cogito Poem by Hans Ostrom

Variations on the Cogito


(if it’s okay with René)


Cogito; ergo sum.
I think; therefore, I am.
Cozy toes, argue some.
Eye: think. There: four. Eye: yam.
Coach, eat, or grow some.
Aye, think: their faux, wry aim.
Close that Tower-Gruesome.
Icing there, four a.m.
Go see ol’ Edgar’s bum.
Eye tincture for eye-pain.
Joe got over Margo’s mum.
i.e., think, “Wherefore I am? ”
Coaxing her slow motion.
I think/therefore: iambs.