A Poem

You know that you must pay attention

To the course of our recession,

Bourgeois art and your imagination

(Which lead you from a paid vocation)

Are not for those who live these times,

Full with famine and white collar crimes.

Leave aside your childish dreams

Lest the world should split its seams

And drench us all in fiscal anguish-

Better to be restrained, and languish.

The Dow is nothing like an ocean.

It has not that beauty,

That dramatic swelling motion.

 

I hope one day the sea will stop.

Wind lifted, foam white spray will drop,

Back to water churned, that now lies calm,

Its violence lost to memory’s balm,

And in the air the cries of birds

That sudden calm has sudden stirred,

Will echo far across a glassy space

Ring like tin, and fade without trace.

 

For I believe in time all truth should out,

This world again true form should take.

It’s a muddy, and a placid, all frustrating lake.

Cider Party & Accessories

There I am, throwing some sort of frisbee thing that we found in the park. You can't see it, but I'm wearing a black roll neck and velvet jacket, over grey trousers. 

Glassware, a silver tea set, scones and cucumber sandwiches. My chair rather doesn't match, and the tablecloth was far too large, and those plastic folding monstrosities were unfortunately necessary as I wasn't the only person there. Everyone is always getting in the way of my search for perfection... which, on the whole, is probably a good thing.

And here is my newly arrived vintage collar bar, patented in the very late 20s. It is smaller than it looks in the photo, as the earlier ones tend towards being. Essentially it works by clipping onto the two ends of your shirt collar, going underneath the tie, and holding them together. I will need to find a shirt with collars that work with it, but it will be worth it!

An Essay

Ways to make an essay bearable. Marinetti was an interesting old cove, but even he cannot make my history assignments scintillating to write. But fancy South Australian cider can, and I over ordered in preparation for my soon to be cider party. I'm not sure if cider goes well with almonds, but it worked for me.

It's also a lovely colour, and looks well in one of the 41 assorted vintage glasses that I bought for $45 recently. Also for the cider party. These things must be done right!