Happenstance

Standing tall

Stood stock-still

Eyes facing wall

Looking only

Up or down

No side-ways glance

Restless for rip-roaring relief rush

But

Happenstance

Unhappy circumstance

Only get

Intermittent

Drip-drop-drip

As

Left and right

Others come

And

Others go

With celerity

While down below

Lifeless loose

Limp

As past-its-use-by-date celery

Desperately dangling

Waiting for action

Bladder hurting

Close to bursting

But

Wait a minute

A

Drip-drop-drip-drop

And another

Drip-drop-drip-drop

Developing into

A

Drip-drop-drip-drop-

Drip-drop-drip- drop-

Drip-drop-drip-drop-

Drip-drop-drip-drop-

Etc

And

The allegro ma non troppo

Seven part rondo-form third movement

Of

Beethovens’s Piano Concerto No 5

Comes to mind

The drip-drop-drip-drop-

Turns into a flow

A shout and fall

A tumbling strain

Sometimes fast

Sometimes slow

Again and again

Becoming soon

A fast furious river-like flow

The Fraser River on its journey

From Mount Robson on the Pacific slope

Of the Canadian continental divide

Down to The Pacific Ocean

Comes to mind

But the Fraser River

Is a long river

900 miles from source to sea

So

Standing tall

Stood stock-still

Eyes facing wall

Looking only

Up or down

No side-ways glance

Now perchance

Oh happy circumstance

River-like rip-roaring relief rush

Goes on

Ever less

Intermittent

Evoking

Splishing-splashing-splishing

Sounds of pre-hibernating

Black bears salmon fishing

As

Left and right

Others come

And

Others go

With celerity.

Unfortunately

At this rate

I’ll be here all night.

All because I’ve put on weight

Around my waist

And my pants are tight!

(Makes me wonder if I ought to

Cut out fats and eat more celery!)

Though I’ve I not finished yet

Please don’t fret for I promise

When I leave I’ll not forget

To turn off the light!

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