what rose lipt words can say the poets guessed
and so, were punished for it one way or other
especially through part time jobs;
slogging through mud slides
to get there when the trollies passed from view.
and then, on cue,the everyday folk in cloak and
bonnet dressed gathered to deride.
what else have you got besides
they said to the peddler
these ratty tat tat broadsides
these missals embroidered
in the poor man's hours
in anything else much better spent.
he stood in the rains and cried.
the one poet left in all the Kingdom
till pearls dripped from the skies
and angels themselves commiserated
and birds flew off to their nests of cherries.
and then he slept below deck
of God's green starlit rafters
the long bright sleep and the dream hereafter.
mary angela douglas 2 august 2015;9 march 2016
and so, were punished for it one way or other
especially through part time jobs;
slogging through mud slides
to get there when the trollies passed from view.
and then, on cue,the everyday folk in cloak and
bonnet dressed gathered to deride.
what else have you got besides
they said to the peddler
these ratty tat tat broadsides
these missals embroidered
in the poor man's hours
in anything else much better spent.
he stood in the rains and cried.
the one poet left in all the Kingdom
till pearls dripped from the skies
and angels themselves commiserated
and birds flew off to their nests of cherries.
and then he slept below deck
of God's green starlit rafters
the long bright sleep and the dream hereafter.
mary angela douglas 2 august 2015;9 march 2016
