[lit-ideas] Re: Thursday Poem
- From: Ursula Stange <Ursula@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 18 Oct 2007 14:48:34 -0500
Thursday is a good day for a poem.
And this is a good one.
I suspect Tom Paine would like it, too.
And Freud. And Jesus. And John Dewey.
Tea and conversation makes the world go round.
(My glass of red wine makes it spin a little faster.
But not too fast to appreciate the emotion here.)
Thanks,
U.
Lawrence Helm wrote:
Tea
He set it up but then
The others moved in,
Stronger, more ruthless,
Picking and choosing
Amongst his ideals
As though they were
Oranges in a bin –
Finally dumping them
Entirely when pretense
Was no longer required.
I met him in New York City
Two years before his death.
He was already pale
And wraith-like
As though his life
Had been sucked out
Leaving him weak
And breathless. He spoke
Of the Baath and all
His good intentions.
I made him tea and listened.
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