A Day Like Today

And then there’s th’ despair that a day like today 

can forsake all of th’ inroads we’d made; if we’re 

anywhere near The Square & still breathing, we’ll 

be inclined to celebrate. Altho’ there’s still a long 

way to go that relief is actually a stimulant which, 

while seemingly innocent, wakes th' lamest, and 

they see with deference we far-sighted wore out 

in a long-ago extenuation of their raw gullibility - 

But they are the seeds; and here on in this quest 

we’re redressed by vigour o’ singular complicity; 

the aim’s t’ progress & we’ll deem it th’ congress 

of concupiscence - leastways we share appetite, 

and there will be time for recovery - if its needed, 

while we’ll have regained custody of The Square 

© 8 May 2018, I. D. Carswell