THE PETRARCH PROJECT


DAVID BROMIGE & RICHARD DENNER



     

CANTO 38




Entangled music
   is what I've been feeling.

What good is it being good, if inside      
   there's no music?

I describe the state of two lovers,
and I return
	to my suffering.

I complain, 'To me, Fate is hurtful.'
Having surrendered myself
I'm compelled to endure love's pain.
I deplore my lost freedom. But

I am happy.
My poems are about one soul needing another, although it's best to
Turn away f/ life's pleasures.

Ah, dear reader, turn away.