https://jaylittle.com/verse/ Recent content in Verses on Jay Little Hugo en Sun, 08 Nov 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://jaylittle.com/verse/2026/11/betwixt-the-pallid-and-the-pain/ Sun, 08 Nov 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://jaylittle.com/verse/2026/11/betwixt-the-pallid-and-the-pain/ <p>There she lay no longer here but not there,<br> Here we stand observing that it is not fair.<br> Yet the universe remains impartial to us all,<br> It cares not if she rises or a corpse does fall.</p> <p>The ruination of time is a path beset with pain,<br> Even Houdini could not escape its insipid drain.<br> Outrun it for longer ye certainly may attempt,<br> The longer it takes, the greater your contempt.</p>