Uncle History Peers Through the Bushes

All bundled up in their Stutz
Edith Wharton and Henry James
Heading out for a drive
James looks like he has hemorrhoids
Wharton appears hung over
He wonders why the brilliant
Are so grumpy—after all
Taking in facts
Is to be unconscious
Is to be nothing more
Than half awake
Is to be nothing more
Than half awake forever
He’s starting to get it right
What would Bernard Berenson think?
Berenson who said:
“A complete life may be one ending
In so full identification
With the non-self
That there is no self to die.”

Author: stevekuusisto

Poet, Essayist, Blogger, Journalist, Memoirist, Disability Rights Advocate, Public Speaker, Professor, Syracuse University View all posts by stevekuusisto