Whippersnapper Poem by Aram Stefanian

Whippersnapper



Here I am, a long-distance escapee from Nirvana.
I swapped the garden of Eden for the planet Earth.
Yesterdays have slipped my memory, and I got no manana.
I'm not even positive if I will be granted a following birth.
A blind love for humans was a reason for my decision.
Trying hard to be a mortal, I still feel like a black sheep.
To be like them I have to do some extra revision,
Yet up to now, in misunderstanding I have been knee-deep;
An express train of thought arrives at the wrong destination.
When I see a flock of birds, I am obsessed with eery fear,
Me and they can forecast a thunderstorm by intuition.
I miss heaven terribly, wishing I could get there from here.

COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Sidi Mahtrow 18 July 2007

When one does something foolish or more He (or she) is said to have been whipped (as in whipper-snapper.) So it is that one who is drunk, plays 'whip the cat' and is a dope For accepting a bet, that he can't pull a cat tied to the end of a rope Across a pool of water or some other. He of course takes the challenge As the cat can't possibly pull him into the water. But two strong men on the other side When grasping the rope to which the cat is tied Easily pulls the drunk into the water! Perhaps you have been whipper-snapped as well. (Old English, from James Orchard Halliwell's Archaic and Provincial Words)

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Aram Stefanian

Aram Stefanian

Yerevan, Armenia
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