LPiA-23 Nov. 25

[dukealien]

For All Seasons



It was a time of tumult
  1966 (and 1529 as well)
the draft was blowing hard
and Bolt’s play, gorgeous
in cinematic images and prose
  illuminated much.

(Still does.)

What actors in supporting roles!
Shaw showing what he could do as the shark
McKern what Rumpole becomes in power
and Hurt what Winston gains and loses
  by joining the Inner Party.

Much like the seasons
  from my sophomoric days
  to doubtful retired comfort
and the prisoners of conscience
  from when a despot king
    who wished to change his woman
      locked up for years
        a great dissenter to iniquity
  until today our despot swampy uniparty
    who wished to change its president
      locks up for years some hundreds
        for shaming its great fraud.

All seasons, but they turn
  and, turning, change–
    but do they change enough?