Wednesday, March 4, 2020

Cogito Ergo Cooked

Speaking from the point of view of the Cogito
a dubious enterprise.
My mother’s friend has a turkey named Even-So.
A plain blow-by-blow
account, never cracking wise,
straight from the point of view of the Cogito,
whose viewpoint's occasionally rather dim, if I may say so,
but usually brings stars to the eyes
of my mother’s friend’s turkey, Even-So.
My God, how radical
we're getting, now that we have been disguised
in the motley garb of the Cogito
really just pulling a rope-a-dope,
while the Cogito is distracted by the sunrise—
a turkey named Even-So
stalking around the iron clothesline pole
and always presenting with an alternative
point of view from that of the Cogito
that of my mother’s friend and her turkey named Even-So.