Oh The Poems

OH THE POEMS AND THE POEMS AND THE POEMS Oh the poems and the poems and the poems Oh the love of Literature Oh all that stuff I have given my life to- Words and meanings and feelings Pages and pages and pages – What it is all this literary life for? When out the window out the door With our eyes we see in an instant other worlds other dreams? I don’t know and I will never know And Literature is certainly far more than I can say it is- Oh the poems and this poem and this day turning grey And all my life old and old and more old and more old- Oh why oh why oh why And always back to God My last rescue and refuge and escape I who have read so much Great Literature And can only write this- Oh the why and the oh oh oh and the words And the whole world of Literature I would belong to and do not. Oh the words oh the world oh the Literature Oh God help me please can’t you please help me a little or not?