I always change for dinner, the werewolf said,
a custom copied by men, misunderstood.
For me it relieves the boredom of being undead,
It’s not a usance I’d ever change if I could.
Likewise, Olympian Jove when chasing tail
found it amusing to rearrange his looks
though he was numero uno alpha male
(read all about him in mythology books).
Humans prefer unnoticeable evolution,
by slow degrees. It is frustrating ywis
for impatient progressives, when their revolution
spins 360 in vain. But remember this:
something meant to change remaining the same
can be called remade if given a new name.
Author notes
Contest prompt quote: "The world hates change, yet it is the only thing that has brought progress." Charles Kettering
100 words. (The maximum allowed)
'ywis': a variant of 'iwis', an almost obsolete adverb meaning assuredly or certainly. Source: the SOED.
A contest entry
- Famous Quote contest by Uniquely-Scarred.
400 points, ended September 7, 9 entries
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest
Comments
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"the more things change the more the remain the same"
...but you said it leaving the cliché behind!
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this is a smart write, i enjoyed it, best of luck in my contest
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Your first four lines make me smile:
Werewolf in a suit,
May look rather cute,
But watch when he sits down to dine,
He'll roll up his sleeve,
Check his watch, and then leave,
Saying: "Hon, is it your place, or mine?"
The next four with the reference to Jove are similarly amusing:
When Leda was fixing her face,
She found a big swan in the place,
"Hey you, mister Swan! You'd better be gone!"
And this led, instead, to disgrace.
And I love the way you finish off. I think as a definition of success, this gets top marks from me. Have some applause, for goodness' sake!
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Thank you for your cheering comments. Much appreciated from someone as skillful and as astutely humour-aware as you.
Also enjoyed your limerick contributions. Purely for the sake of aesthetics, in the first of them, you might edit your comment to correct the obvious typo in the word following Hon,
- Ian
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