On A Poem By Auden
2022-01-25
№ 539
All that I remember is the image
a dream the poet said he'd had
a crowd of people
trudging up a mountain
while he ran pell-mell
downhill with a guitar
that dangled wildly
from his neck
and reading it
I saw myself turn back
and start the long descent
into the life
that would at last be mine
