There’s so much I want
to do. No, serious – fearlessly
stick my bronzed head
into a photograph’s wide jaw,
for example. That’s leadership.
You can really trust someone
who does that, and I want
to be trusted. People love people
who build roads, and love
is the greatest virtue of all.
St. Augustine said that
before he was fed to lions,
lions that appraised him with the eye
of their throat and found him wanting.
But appetites are not to be ignored –
not when they’re so logical,
and not when campaign buttons
come so cheap. I’ll start where I start,
but given the bulk discounts,
why not go for it all. Just think of it –
trust and love and, failing that,
at least one of the two.
Here, let me get a pin for you.
The pleasure’s all mine.