Déjà Vu

Déjà Vu- Les Barker
A Cardi and Bloke- © Mrs Ackroyd, 1995

“Déjà Vu:” A Rhyme.
It is impossible to experience
déjà vu for the first time.
I reckon, the first time déjà vu happens,
is the second.

“Déjà Vu:” A Rhyme.
It is impossible to experience
déjà vu for the first time.
I reckon, the first time déjà vu happens,
is the second.

I started with verse two.
Verse one will stay and listen,
because the first time you say "déjà vu,"
it isn't.

But then again, to get a little more immersed,
you can't experience déjà vu twice,
because you didn't experience it first.
It's a recap.

“Déjà Vu:” A Rhyme.
I know what you're thinking,
this is not the first time.

Three times and still it isn't true.
How do you qualify?
What do you have to do?

How do you climb this mountain?
Or you may think it just a hillock.
You may think this man is a philosopher.
All together, you may think this man is a pillock.

I've been called a pillock before,
strange but true.
When I hear the word "pillock,"to me,
its déjà vu. A rhyme.

It is impossible to experience
déjà vu for the first time.
I reckon, the first time déjà vu happens,
is the second.

Then again, and this is interesting,
there are those who say déjà vu is
a once in a lifetime thing.
Then they say it again.

And at the risk of being a bore,
if you go back to the first time
déjà vu happened, you'll think,
"That's happened before!"

We should explore the supernatural,
put knowledge in place of mere feeling.
And in the university as a chair for the paranormal,
you can't get it down off the ceiling.

Too many gaps in our understanding.
Is time travel a thing of the past?
What was the best thing before sliced bread?
How long does this poem last?
Are black pool hallucinations real?

But to return us to an old friend,
“Déjà Vu:” The End.