Sunday, May 20, 2018

After the T’ang Masters

The only difference between a mad house and our house
Is that here the lunatics are in charge.

My voice just increases the inconsolable screaming,
Dismal whistling, petitions for happiness withheld.

I'd escape, if I could, to this quiet alcove,
Reflecting on definitions of love:

How it is always kind, and never remembers,
And perseveres through faith alone.

But the daisies so white placed here in the glass
Make all of that seem so shallow.