A Haibun with an aphoristic American Sentence closer, written for this week’s Meeting The Bar / Forms challenge at the dVerse Poets Pub: Aphoristics. Thanks to Bjorn for hosting and providing a cool prompt.
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Sorry John
My friend John was a recording artist. Lots of people remember his songs. He’s not around anymore, but you can still hear him occasionally on the radio. A lot of what he recorded was drivel-ish but, as time went by, he got more serious with his messaging, and those are the tunes I remember best. One of them had several verses that ended with: “All we are saying / is give Peace a chance.” That remains one of my favorites, decades later, long after he vanished.
Even today, every time My Beloved Sandra and I prepare to go the markets, I insert “World Peace” somewhere on the list, but we always come back disappointed, empty-handed, and thinking maybe John was just a dreamer.
It’s best not to look for
whatever it is
that you can never find.
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dVerse Poets Pub
Meeting The Bar / Form
~ Aphoristics ~
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Scrambled, Not Fried 
Profound. Bravo!!!
Much💛love
Perfect.
Oh, do keep looking! I seek for peaceful gatherings and often I have to be the peace.
I know you’ll keep looking though…(k)
A great one, Ron. We can still dream…
Oh, he was indeed a dreamer — who sadly met a nightmarish end. I remember the day he went away. It hurt. 😕 Really liked this post Ron.
I don’t know. I’d say, look for what you want, but be prepared to accept what you find.
I think he would smile and say not to be sorry, Ron. An honest aphorism, but we carry on looking and dreaming nonetheless.
Very clever and a fun read.
~Ornery Owl~
Maybe more like: Don’t expect to find that which rarely exists. (I might add that one to my original post, lol!)
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Sometimes, it’s about the looking! Thought provoking post Ron…JIM
I love it… it worked perfectly, and maybe something better comes out of the process of searching
One cannot give up, can one!