Lo, having said (within my heart, t'avail) I would not write of "him," twas in defense Accomplished, 'spite ole Humpday's waltzing sense "He" gave me just cause to ink lines; in frail Excuse I altered that, in sheer betrayl To find: that I could not. What is it hence? Twas all a dream. Vain hopes were not pretense But lo, an outright lie methinks, sans bail. If I was sick of dreams, or thought to stir Me with far better than the twinkling crew Of fantasies, alas, I'm prey as twere On evry side, whilst all goes on anew Without a backward glance. Tis oh, sae poor Is't? to be just myself, and that I...rue?
04Apr19d
[Apparently the break I took to scribble this, he spent smoking outside.]