O Children hear me: F**K THIS ****!!! She shouts, her protest a ribbon on the breeze Sorrows and injustice have angered her a bit She wants to see the world sail on fairer seas Writing sharp entreaties she labours hard Her words and wits are serious and sure Each line is a deal, plays a card Each one making me hunger for more By the bolts of melody Her mind has been stoked and struck Her music soothes my malady She's had the poet's luck O go ever on, roaming, waxing, raving The renegade bard who dwells by the avon