the axiom

ax·i·om n.
1. A self-evident or universally recognized truth; a maxim: “It is an economic axiom as old as the hills that goods and services can be paid for only with goods and services” (Albert Jay Nock). 2. An established rule, principle, or law. 3. A self-evident principle or one that is accepted as true without proof as the basis for argument; a postulate.

Monday, January 28, 2008

solace

Melody

The world is a jukebox,
Playing every imaginable sound.
Those that bound, glide, spring and sing,
Promiscuous in corners, and bears itself for a dime.
You never know what symphony awaits
At the end of a busy Singaporean street,
The chorus of life, soft, in a heart beat.
If you’re quiet you will hear,
The hymn of the nightingale seducing the sunlit sky,
The hushed whispers of aunties scampering for truth,
The apologetic screech of rubber on tar,
The desperate horn, rude and uncouth;
And the understanding sigh of the boy lying on the street,
Songless and lifeless-- from his eyes to his feet.

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