Jumped
the gun,
sprung ahead,
broke the rules.
They say,
“Don’t wish it away.”
and I try
but, how to not
when I’ve seen the mountaintop.
The other side,
the promised land
in my hand
and then not.
Placed on the shelf
just out of reach,
and back to
face-brick buildings
where they preach
of the future.
The future which
I’ve tasted,
tasted as Lionel Newton
told us to
taste
Shakespeare’s word.
Well, I’ve
tasted the Prince’s Paris,
I know his yearning
to return.
But, back to school:
rise, walk, work, fall.
And you are my Claudius.
Six months multiplies,
grows and doubles,
stretches, bubbles
to