C icero M ight H ave S aid


S om e poets w ill proudly tell us

( I have m yself a tim e or tw o )

that poem s com e out of no w here

w hich w ould m ean they are no thing

M aybe they are

B ut if they are then w hat is “are” ?

E xcept absurd

A sound to m ock our w ord

with rhym e

N ot w orth the tim e

taken to say Iam sorry

I should have offered you a drink of w ine

w hile I share this E picurean story

and you im b ibe the d ivine.

2004--the end is the beginning