Complicated contemplations

Leon Stolgard 1948 (Manchester)



I thought about thinking about another thought
then I thought why am I thinking that other thought?
thought I knew better than to be
thinking thoughts like thoughts like that!

so I thought I'll try not to think about that thought
that I shouldn't have been thinking about
thought that would be best
so
I forgot thinking about that thought
that I shouldn't have been thinking about
and went back to thinking about the thought
that I had been thinking about
before I had been thinking about that thought
that I shouldn't have been thinking about

come to think about it
I can't recall what the thought was
that I was thinking about
before I had been thinking about the thought
that I shouldn't have been thinking about....ah! got it!

Paracetamols!

About this poem

a case of getting ones thoughts in a twist

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Submitted by Leonski on January 11, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Scheme aaxx aBxxaBabaB cxbac
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 748
Words 139
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 4, 10, 5

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