Events

Mostly conversational verse. No point in looking for ideas. The emphasis is on clarity of speech at the service of shaped emotion and distinct imagination.21If you think you have arrivedRight away ask: Where?You may indeed have survivedBut you may still be there.Consider the implicationsHow much depends upon the actPerhaps on ego-inflationsIn other words: Mere artefact. Or wrack you brains if you mustIf you cannot do it with easeIf you lack the skill to adjustTo the shelling of a bowl of peasTo running to the shop and thenTo collapse breathless on a bench Mindful of the time whenYou were a lusty wenchAnd not yet married and soreAs hell from all the conflictAnd who knows what else is in storeUnless the fates conspire to restrictThe influx of duty and careFor husband society and childAnd you would be willing anywhereTo reconsider to rewild.If you think you've arrived rethinkYourself starting from scratchWhen you took your first drinkAnd down came the hatch.*