Once upon a time there was a mistake <br />So silly so small <br />That no one would even have noticed it <br /> <br />It couldn't bear <br />To see itself to hear of itself <br /> <br />It invented all manner of things <br />Just to prove <br />that it didn't really exist <br /> <br />It invented space <br />To put its proofs in <br />And time to keep its proofs <br />And the world to see its proofs <br /> <br />All it invented <br />Was not so silly <br />Nor so small <br />But was of course mistaken <br /> <br />Could it have been otherwise <br /> <br /> <br />Trans. Anne Pennington <br /> <br /> <br />Anonymous submission.<br /><br />Vasko Popa<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/a-conceited-mistake/
