Kenneth Patchen




The Everlasting Contenders

Of the beast…an angel
Creatures of the earth
It is good
Any who praise not grandly
O but they should
O but they should
Death waits for everything that lives
Beast of the wood
Grim beast of the wood
Who praise not grandly
O but they should
For heart weep for all things
Here
And is greatly comforted
Heart is the angel
Of all
Who praise not grandly

But wish they could