Dry and Yearning
by Frank Watson

Dry and Yearning



taste the wine of old

and leave the fresh:

the ancients favor bold


~~


soaking the drink

consuming the fallow:

the Earth grown over-ripe


~~


thirst unneeded

love unheeded:

animals, you and I


~~


from a rocky well

we draw our soul

but pride that swells

will miss the goal


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divine anguish

rapturous pain:

we languish


~~


it was a morning fog

but if it had been night

then all would be all right


~~


rich with leisure

is such a pleasure

but without the dough

—oh—what a hole!




All writings and translations are Copyright © by Frank Watson, also writing as "Blue Flute" (2011-2014).
Year: 
2012