Have We Had About Enough?

Clippity clippity clippity clop.

People I’ve met have been right kind.
Time must have a stop.

Lake Pontchartrain for a backdrop.
“Clippity” is pronounced “clippitĭ,” if you're inclined.
Clippitĭ, clippitĭ, clippitĭ clop.

But you impersonated a cop
calling to inquire about my sweet babe.
Time must have a stop.

I don’t know what I hoped
to gain by my behavior:
Clippitĭ, clippitĭ, clippitĭ clop,

or even hippitĭ hippitĭ hop
for my dear Savior.
Barefoot on basalt,

all clippitĭ must stop -
poetry is donkey-mind.
Clippitĭ, clippitĭ, clippitĭ clop.
Stop!