Deep Thought took 7.5 million years to calculate the answer is 42
We said “I do” in 1982, and this year 2024, gets us to the anniversary is 42
Frustrating to see things develop, where the outcome
should be good, and yet turns bad, don't folks know the answer is 42
Garden harvest has been good for my greens, cherry tomatoes,
less so for the garlic, despite planting when the answer is 42
Voracious reader, turning pages among various book types,
trying to escape from a world where the answer is 42
Weather varies in summer, not a surprise, much appreciated
when the humidity is way down, closer to the answer is 42
Walking streak not as good as my reading streak, also need
to work on the strength exercises, get back to where I was at 42
II
Choosing your partner, do you throw caution to the winds, or
calculate the pros & cons, going when the answer is 42
The bent brown leaf scuttles across the roadway, scratching
the surface, almost crablike, looking for the answer is 42
He looked for other college presidents to join in writing letters
to students, sharing advice on whether the answer is 42
Translation matters when working with a derivation of the
original, or working within the language, where the answer is 42
Household chores have long been divided to share the work,
and specializations that come naturally, when the answer is 42
“Take the cotton of the mind’s doom-ridden chatter out of your
ears, hear the booming voice of the heavens” the answer is 42
So Sherlock, listen to “the roar of fate, the ruckus the muse
makes” when you finally realize the answer is not 42
Credit for the quote to Haleh Liza Gafori’s translation of Rumi in her book “Gold”
For DS
