Tuesday, 3 October 2017

Threshold of Recovery


That we made the whole journey anti-clockwise 
today was a blessing, & although not without th’ 
anxiety pangs which flame from beggaring pain 
in th’ legs, residual expressions of viral anarchy 
are inclined to promulgate that sort of treason - 
we’ve survived the laboured breathing, & made 
the hill-crest with ‘flourish of panache’ you’d’ve 
thought the use-by long passed-away 

But implying we’re well on the road to recovery 
isn’t as rational as it’d seem; th’ milestones are 
dreams disguised as apportioned tidbits handy 
to a vague rationing plan, a scheme, I think, to 
take over th’ whole shebang without an energy 
loss reducing potential mortgageability gains 

So I’m awaiting the flowering of reason - we’re 
not quite yet at th’ threshold of seeing a desire 
to walk the walk the old way again or of claims 
an immunity is vested in the plan whereby any 
motivation for exercise’ll be proportionally paid 
dividends to stimulate even greater obduracy  

© 12 April 2017, I. D. Carswell 

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