On “Magnum Opus”
I be a magnum opus
Buoyant from th' birth
Unusual, They did make me
Bare handed n' boldly shaped me
“?Magnum Opus be I?”
“Yarr, isn't it GRAND?”
“So wrong!!!!”, you snarl in hate
“As perverse as bein' straight!”
I be a Magnum Opus
Venom been flowing ‘round
Loathing at my crown
Yet I stand my ground
Creator, encouragin' 'n peaceful
Mistake They cannot make.
So Grateful fer 'tis weight
n' buoyant at th' wake.
~Edward Johnson, November, 2014