Wednesday, April 5, 2017

a rascal




like a three-year-old child i imitate

the men and women of the bard

picking someone else’s pen i scribble

feeling in heart like other poets



i have also left an enclosure

with a flute for my songs  

for others behind me to sing

with affection and wisdom



my associates do not deem

the un-rhythmic squirt squiggling

ignorance, but in me, a rascal

they see an immortal poet



a sage amongst them, a rebel

a prophet with a new vision

to transform deteriorating structures

and values of disintegrating cultures



© henry victor     11.09.2003





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