I
It seeds the chase
to find first froth of undying grace.
II
Patients . . . patients . . . patients.
III
Suddenly, the flight to crowded light.
IV
Sands descend with virtuous requite.
V
Patients . . . patients . . . patients
VI
. . . . patients . . . patients
VII
. . . . patients.
VIII
Sands descend . . . , descend . . . . . . descend.
IX
Perched upon a porcelain crown;
pupils slurred, dentures diddled and twined -
He opines covetously upon the sweet veneer of their time.
Epiloge
He boards the chariot of all fathers
to ride the phantom’s rush across the boundless tide
To Ride . . . To Ride . . . To Ride
Châz
