Sunday, June 08, 2014

Eolith


 

 

 

 

 

Eolith

Too old to have run a full marathon,
Too young to have known old Agamemnon,
As classic as cabernet sauvignon,
I’m a natural old phenomenon.

Though most of my friends think I am docile,
Family know my ego’s colossal.
No, I did not befriend an Apostle,
Although some think I might be a fossil...

A grumpy grumbler and growler, herewith
Is curmudgeonly behavior’s sour pith:
I exist in nature, I’m not a myth,
The essence of cranky: an eolith

Mick McKellar
June 2014


e·o·lith

 [ee-uh-lith]
noun
a chipped stone of the late Tertiary Period in Europe once thought to have been flaked by humans but now known to be the product of natural, nonhuman agencies.

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