Art by Norman E. Masters
Who is singing the poem ? The shoprats relishing the touch of sunlight, the carpenters cursing their hammers and nails, the dishwashers stealing a cigarette or two. What is the poem saying ? It's inviting us to the feast of mankind, it's calling us to the banquet of all souls, it's making music of our passionate fury. Where is the poem now ? In the light of dawn awaiting the lovers, in the glaze of frost adorning the grass, in the open roads leading to the future. And where is the poem going ? It's going to scatter its seed from pillar to post it's going to fill the air with the sparkle of life, it's going to fill the streets with sayings of truth. john mach 4/4/82' |