Chewing It Over... Poem by Denis Martindale

Two pandas by a tree trunk sat,
Their breakfast close-at-hand
And though some folks would call them fat,
How could they understand?
Not everything's in black and white,
Up front and crystal clear,
So don't trust everything in sight,
Things aren't all they appear...

Life's so complex and that's a fact,
It's not see-through like glass,
The Universe is densely-packed
With suns and moons and stars...
Where they came from, God only knows,
The pandas have no clue,
Chewing it over as day goes
Is all these guys can do...

Two pandas merely while away
The morning that God gave,
Without a single word to pray
For knowledge that we crave...
They only know it's time to eat,
So on the grass they squat,
As if refusing to compete,
Like Man who thinks a lot...


Denis Martindale, copyright, September 2013.


The poem is based on the magnificent painting
by Stephen Gayford called 'Chewing It Over'.


More Stephen Gayford poems here:
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