HALF OF IT

 

A river running through variegated ages of rock

seems to smile a multi-cultured smile

like the books on the groaning shelf.

 

A rock star meanwhile can change costume

many times during an exciting performance

and still somehow remain himself.

 

It isn’t the river or the rock star, changing

gear, that so amazes the soul, though,

but something more globular and holistic.

 

The Rolling Stones became The Strolling Bones;

and then the art teacher said to put more

pink in the shadow to make it more realistic.