Perl Poetry

#!/usr/bin/perl   

APPEAL:   

listen (please, please);   

open yourself, wide;       

join (you, me),   

connect (us,together),   

tell me.   

do something if distressed;       

@dawn, dance;      

@evening, sing;       

read (books,$poems,stories) until peaceful;       

study if able;       

write me if-you-please;   

sort your feelings, reset goals, seek (friends, family, anyone);           

do*not*die (like this)           

if sin abounds;   

keys (hidden), open (locks, doors), tell secrets;   

do not, I-beg-you, close them, yet.                               

accept (yourself, changes),                               

bind (grief, despair);   

require truth, goodness if-you-will, each moment;   

select (always), length(of-days)   

# listen (a perl poem)   

# Sharon Hopkins   

# rev. June 19, 1995

Perl Poetry