When All Is Said and Done

[busker]

When All Is Said and Done

I like the feel of newspapers.
I sort of miss the old Muntz
black and white TV, and guiding
rabbit ears for a picture; even ... nice visualisation....antennae not as proboscises, but as....rabbit ears
the sound of the dead channels. ... love this one
The old humming wires
have all been detached now.

When I realize how much younger
so many of today’s pundits are
I can almost understand why they
seem so certain that their strident
babbling will actually make a difference.
I made the same mistakes, yet try
to save my breath now

for conversations with dogs,
or various other animals. ... a beautiful twist, leading the poem down a contemplative, almost spiritual path
The other day, my wife caught me
talking to the spider on our arbor
as I marveled at the silky perfection 
of the trap he laid.  I wonder 
how he learned his craft. ... simple, but effective lines

Or the cardinals; how they know ... I like 'cardinals'. A nice choice of bird word
how to weave their nest.  And why ... one too many 'how's?
don’t they migrate like the other birds? .... I think 'they don't' instead of the interrogative would be better here
I have asked them.  I have not
gotten any answers, and don’t expect
I will. Yet their silence rings truer than today's
strident babbling- when more is said than done. .... from the banal to the sublime you went, but then circling back to the banal is .... banal. The poem ends at 'I will' for me.

Enjoyed the read