I've started walking with a cane. I'm like an old broken soldier. Under the sofa are parts that do not fit in rusty sockets. New loops and strings cannot
put me together.
I missed muster again and got the letter.
I am not required at table
any more.
I spend my days twirling parts left over from first rounds. My springs boing hollow and I don't see well at night.
What will happen to me now that I have seen the moment of my greatness flicker?
(I can still quote Eliot.)
I want you more to more than move me, you starting my gears and I overflow with