Poems by MacInnes Tom
Ballade of Evil
... Forever in hope of some reprieval,But living or dead we are not sure: No man knoweth the end of evil ...
Chinatown Chant
... g outside door,Have best time you had before,Sing-song girlie come some more For my very good friend ...
Lonesome Bar
... of what! So queer it seem'd, almostI think they saw beside me there old Hellfire's drunken ghost!XLV ...
Villanelle of Mutton
... Very sick and tired am I Of stewed prunes, and apples dried,And this our mutton that once was lamb!I will make no grand salaam For the stale cakes the gods provide!Very sick and tired I am!My indignant diaphragm Would cover something fresh, untried,--Not this mutton that once was lamb!How every verse and epigram Of hope the lagging years deride!Very sick and tired I am!Must I always then be calm, And talk as one quite satisfiedWith this our mutton that once was lamb?Frankly, I don't give a dam For taste of things too long denied!Very sick and tired I amOf this our mutton that once was lamb! ...
