prose

since taking up the pianoforte
his time for looking out of the window
has diminished
which is a pity
for the world out there
is immeasurably more musical
than he is


he was equally unsuccessful with food
as eating left no time for excursions
thus, the regular weekly shopping trips
were cancelled
the larder contracted
his weight declined
and he was always hungry


you probably anticipated the next predicament
it involves poetry, of course
rhyming became such an arduous task
that he deteriorated into free verse
then short lines united
to form paragraphs
and the inevitable result was prose
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