Oracles

Prose sometimes hides poetry, and if you look closely it can be discovered by rearranging the words. I found a series of poems hiding in a horoscope in the daily paper.



Oracles
             A Found Poem by Holiday
             Mathis, Star Tribune
             Horoscopes, 3/3/2019


I.   Essential Truth


The digital age accepts plots,
schemes, and naivety.

White lies grow, and with it,
responsibility for immunization
succumbs to social dynamics.

Unexpected disease exposes
the glaring flaw in this mentality.

Help yourself and others - immunize.

This message courtesy
of Leo and Scorpio and people
who adore you.


II.   On Dieting


Be fearless about cutting out takeaway.
Delve deeper into other cuisines.

Learn to exercise,
timing is everything.

Acceptance of other truths
furthers your interests.

You'll grow to appreciate yourself
and what you write on the moon.


III.   Naivety


A gift or a flaw?

Humbly listening to others
gains no sophistication points.

Some with worldly experience
view naifs as social jokes,

but wide-eyed people
let things unfold naturally.

Give the benefit of the doubt to all,
even Hydra of the many heads.


IV.   Pursuit


Leo and Libra chase each other
across the moon, travel the world
in a soul-aligned direction,
mesmerized on the way
with Virgo as their guide,
pursuing lucky numbers
6, 40, 22, and 18.



Marilyn Aschoff Mellor