H e a r t   S o n s   &   H e a r t   D a u g h t e r s   of   A l l e n   G i n s b e r g

N a p a l m   H e a l t h   S p a :   R e p o r t   2 0 1 4 :   A r c h i v e s   E d i t i o n

 

 

BOB HOLMAN

 

 

Fortune into a Bargain

 

He had a face

like a sieve

 

Her love differed

from tumultuous passion

 

as the flowers of the field

from the splendor of a garden bed.

 

How pitiless are the laws of society!

 

Sure, a sunset is a great subject

for poetry - BUT is not one ridiculous

describing it in high‑sounding words

before a materially-minded audience?

 

 

[Originally published in NHS 2010, http://www.poetspath.com/napalm/nhs10/index.html.]