A ~ Peto tries to define Poetry


from the ABC set Vintage Jack: Extracts and drafts from 'I'll Show You Tyrants'

He throws a heavy fistful of change
up into the smoke-groomed air
and tries to catch it all.

To the coins that crack on wood,
that curl across his desk
and hula-dance on the vein
He says,
"You're not serious."

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