Ineluctable
All the yesterdays
Of the reveller,
Flecked with that
Fin-de-siècle decadence,
Still won't suffice
To dissuade the
Great scythed leveller.
Comments
A bijou poem, Holden. Says a great deal about our common fate. Thanks for this. John.
Tue 23rd Nov 2021 01:39
Thank you so much for the comments, John and Stephen! ?
Stephen, I was thinking of the latter, but your late 1990s idea is definitely more interesting! ?
Fin-de-siécle is an interesting notion now. Does it now refer to the late 1990s (i.e. Cool Britannia, Millenium Dome) or to the louche turn of the 19th/20th centuries?
No-one's beaten him yet, Holden.
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Holden Moncrieff
Wed 24th Nov 2021 02:04
Thank you for the kind words, John, greatly appreciated! ?