Embarrassing Company

so...
you want it this way and that
i shall wear a nice hat
lie flat on the seat of a train
carry an umbrealla through the rain
wear gloves and a certain coat
speak words of a certain rote
and never smoke

so...
you like the ooo's and the ahh's
i shall measure a pause
and break out in conceding applause
i shall put the right name to the face
and mention the superior race
we shall walk a particular pace
and never confess that our haste
is simply a mess

so...
you love the boys and the girls
and all the artificial curls
expensive pearls designer suits
lace handkerchiefs and snakeskin boots
japanese cars and a billion stars
couldn't captivate your heart
more than some other loot

so...
you think me empty and vain
consider restraint a taint
of those who have not a brain

well...
I gladly refrain

About the Author

E'er swiftly flows the tide
That measures our achievements
As a border ringing round
From the moment of inception
To the moment that we died.

What virtue then is boasting
When all praise is eulogy
And those that we inspire
Will never know whose effigy
They honor with faint words?

For as the grown child
They speak of wild
Moments remembered falsely--
One perfect smile
Another infinite trial.

But I perceive
Each one of us receive
Simply enough to believe.
Thus we conceive
A means to recede.

A March Muse

It is time

The mighty traveler has circumnavigated all
The expedition is complete
And he stands again where he began

He has journeyed to the four winds

A shadow speaking dark words
A brilliant figure beckoning but once
A stranger whispering impossible riddles

And then himself again

But now in possession of the gift
That elixir that though forbidden
Must be obtained at whatever cost

It is named

To do good and evil like a god
To square the circle
To return to the centre of the soul