Up and down the country lanes
Round and round in aeroplanes
As if in the flotation tank
As if swaying by the flames
Over and over the words he turned
Back and forth past and future churned
As if the photographs from the bank
As if all of love’s knowledge learned
Here and there he tried to recall
Now and then with hopes to stop the fall
As if the monasteries felt the shank
As if the father championed you with the scroll
I’ll say again to wait until the day is through
I’ll say again you are top of my top two
As if the registrar was your rank
As if you waited to feel the new man new
