CANTO 61
Mileva in the spring
nominated for the role.
The mind is torn, the page is ripped
and needs a drink. The heart
important organ
beats all.
Action. Now in autumn
the leaves give way to the sky.
"I loved, therefore love
even today."
Item
for when I merely gaze,
oblivion rains into my cistern
to sweep away, sweep away the dregs of Lethe.
H o w
c o u l d
y o u , c l o u d ?
In an instant all that Art, Wit, Nature
Heaven
can do, is done. I look into the eyes
of my darling, as I have done
when she was some other
darling most darling
my most darling darling. Oblivion
is it a moral virtue?
When what I hear strikes so that I write
words I can forever
maybe
take out to sigh about.
Do we think I may be taken out
You had to be there
Silence in court!
Guard your love, pilgrim
then throw it in the Arno
and boast you're human
once you're reft & alone.
Enter a chorus of children
To sing the Plea for Help.
The Audience applauds
And this is Pity,
Citizens,
The Last Ethic
Time enjoyed
As we forgot so many
We could not live without
forgotten.