But then what else could have been done?
Season raided the capital and continued relentlessly on
Towards languid dreariness of land-locked provinces
Visiting team sailed off home believing itself undefeated
Oriental themes infiltrated music and public meetings
And the once wildly sought-after handbooks on the
Inconveniences of unreserved love are available in book-
Stores all over town for a mere half of the original
Price. Census takers will find you out my darling
Like they did find me hollering beneath the balcony
‘How do you live with yourself citizen?’ Again and
Again unfortunately too late all are forced to understand
That we are but what we allow ourselves to become stern
As a mountain serene as the sun tortured by glimmers
Of unattainable goal and dislocated feeling of hope
As for now my friend I’ve learned to go on with the notion
That I won’t see you no more at least not as I had seen you before
