04-28-2025, 11:02 PM
Foundation Chase
Life, liberty, pursuit
of what some would call loot
predictable but free
thus constitutionally.
Of what some would call loot
pursuit of happiness
thus constitutionally
men wrote to dream and bless.
Pursuit of happiness
restrained by written words
men wrote to dream and bless
but keep their lands and herds.
Restrained by written words
men could twist out of shape
but keep their lands and herds
by twisting written words.
Men could twist out of shape
what better men had said
by twisting written words
to where they never led.
What better men had said
still shines through if we know
to where they never led
and where we must not go.
Still shines through if we know–
life, liberty, pursuit–
and where we must not go,
predictable but free.
[Form: Pantoum]
Life, liberty, pursuit
of what some would call loot
predictable but free
thus constitutionally.
Of what some would call loot
pursuit of happiness
thus constitutionally
men wrote to dream and bless.
Pursuit of happiness
restrained by written words
men wrote to dream and bless
but keep their lands and herds.
Restrained by written words
men could twist out of shape
but keep their lands and herds
by twisting written words.
Men could twist out of shape
what better men had said
by twisting written words
to where they never led.
What better men had said
still shines through if we know
to where they never led
and where we must not go.
Still shines through if we know–
life, liberty, pursuit–
and where we must not go,
predictable but free.
[Form: Pantoum]
Non-practicing atheist