Saturday, January 31, 2004

The Road Less Travelled

Posted on January 31, 2004 20:47 PM EST

Two roads diverged in a wood
and I took the one less travelled by
and that has made all the difference.


- Robert Frost

Variations by Libran Lover:

Two roads diverged in a wood
and I took the one less travelled by
and discovered that it was not a road at all.

Two roads diverged in a wood
and I took the one less travelled by
and found out why it was less travelled - it was a dead end.

Two roads diverged in a wood
and I took the one less travelled by
and met all my lovers.

Two roads diverged in a wood
and I took the one less travelled by
and that explains my weird friends.

Two roads diverged in a wood
and I took the one less travelled by
and... hey, what are YOU doing here?

Two roads diverged in a wood
and I took the one less travelled by
and I found I was on a serpent's trail.

Two roads diverged in a wood
and I took the one less travelled by
and that is why I am not well-known.

Two roads diverged in a wood
and I took the one less travelled by
and I became famous as Veerappan*.

Two roads diverged in a wood
and I took the one less travelled by
and they now call it the Oregon Trail.

Two roads diverged in a wood
and I took the one less travelled by
and I got lost.

Two roads diverged in a wood
and I took the one less travelled by
and I will write a poem when I find my way out.

Two roads diverged in a wood
and I took the one less travelled by
and then wrote a poem about it.

Two roads diverged in a wood
and I took the one (seemingly) less travelled by
and found that everyone had done the same - darn, the guy who wrote that poem!

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(*Veerappan is a legendary South Indian jungle bandit!)

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