“All Together, Now,” by Mary Cresswell
Dec 20th, 2023 | By Defenestration
Let us now praise famous men:
Praise is wholesome, by and large—
you know they need it now and then
because they’re famous, because they’re men.
Let us now praise famous men:
Praise is wholesome, by and large—
you know they need it now and then
because they’re famous, because they’re men.
I do not like you, Duncan King,
old fart lord of everything—
I will smite you with a pox
stick you in a wooden box
I let my midnight dreams explore
what I had never dared before–
some fowl what I did see before
reclining quaint as once of yore.
hail, fellow well met, 1
handful, protagonist seen as quite a, 2
happiness as goal, 46
hazards, 56, 75, 113
headstrong, 2
heart: broken, 56; in mouth, 24–28; murmur, 123; of darkness, 307. See also lungs, liver, lights