I suppose we never are.
(sonnet #MMMMMMMDCCLVII)
As steam wafts up in whitish tendrils' pale
Dance, likeas figures which cavort from hence
In ghostly silence til the ether thence
Half swallows them--as spirits in betrayl
Taen into heaven ist? Look past, t'avail
Me of the world beyond this window, whence
See how fir boughs nod to chill breaths for sense
While lo, the Maple's naked yet, calm frail.
This first cup black, we're being good Swedes I'm sure,
And savour all the more what Daddy'd brew
Upon that note. Remember too as twere
My sister'n'law who'd drink joe like I knew
Old seasoned captains would: black. And in poor
Still voiceless naught, the radio chatters too.
09Mar19a