CONTEMPLATION

By Sylvia Dykeman

There it was incarcerated
Rosenblatt said, "Let's get started."
Quick as a flash her belly parted
Now she sits there broken hearted.

A well-known mark there was of late
It now looks back like a bald man's pate.
She wants to sit and meditate but
Now there's nothing left to contemplate.

(1-18-1975)

"contemplate", verb
1. - look at thoughtfully; observe deep in thought; "contemplate one's navel"
2. - consider as a possibility; "I contemplated leaving school and taking a full-time job"
3. - think intently and at length, as for spiritual purposes; "He is meditating in his study"
4. - reflect deeply on a subject; "I mulled over the events of the afternoon"; "philosophers have speculated on the question of God for thousands of years"; "The scientist must stop to observe and start to excogitate"

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