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Nine Times Infinity

Nine Times Infinity

Notes about Linda Besner's poem "Feel Happier in Nine Seconds"

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Jonathan Miller
Mar 05, 2024
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I learned the secret of serenity
by waterboarding daffodils.
My Buddha is landfill.
My mantra choked

from a bluebird's neck.
It's ruthless, the pursuit
of happiness. Eighteen
seconds have elapsed.

My happiness is twice
your size, gold-chained
to the lamppost. It strains
its waistcoat as it grows.

Flog a sunbeam, harness
a cloud. You should be feeling…

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