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# Quaint Notions
- URL: https://www.hawkword.com/poetry/quaint-notions/
- Published: 2021-08-09T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2021-08-09T12:00:00.000Z
- Description: the meek shall inherit when hell freezes over and the lion lies down with lamb not soon
- Author: A. Gee
- Tags: Poetry, Allpoetry Import, #Import 2026-04-25 19:56

the meek  
shall inherit  
when hell freezes over  
and the lion lies down with lamb  
not soon

not soon  
maybe never  
convenient visions  
beyond the event horizon  
no lambs lost to test prediction  
lions

lions  
will be gone soon  
except Serengeti  
endless savannahs not endless  
no more

no more  
but life will shrug  
and keep going as if  
nothing happened. Nothing at all  
so sad

so sad  
life doesn’t care  
we care. Our empathy  
is it unique? Do dolphins care?  
do rats?

so sad  
but life will shrug  
convenient visions  
endless savannahs not endless  
no more

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**Author notes:** wc 96 https://allpoetry.com/contest/2783630-FORM-Challenge---Garland-Cinquain