Born in the middle/of the century gone by/I will be old and/perhaps/frail in the early twenties of this/yet to be written/era/distant horror/echoed for me/when I looked back on roaring years/depressed years/atrocities of /omission/and commission/I wonder now/ how children to be born/in the middle/ of this new century/will hear our echoes/what story our years will tell/

After all/the waning days of summer/at hand/we lean to the very edge/peer over/new season/of change/promised land of mercy/be not afraid/with you/with you/with you/mantras galore/settle into the deep/watery/anguished/ tender parts of me/the bruised edge of me/you know who/and I don’t know where/drink tea/oh so politely/waiting for the scones/fresh from the ovens/furiously crochet the jaggedly/separate/mismatched tea towels/back together again