Weigh enough!

    A bit of rowspeak,

    when the long haul

    is up or when mis-

    adventure catches

    ignominious resis-

    tance in the water.

    The President sug-

    gested fairness in

    an oar dipping in-

    to implacable cur-

    rents, off-camera.

    Improvidently, he

    neglected to call

    for sectarian side-

    shows to cloak his

    policies. This was

    observed as immodest.

    Military frivolity,

    too, was minimalist.

                         There was a stir-

                         ring competition,

                         for a frothing at

                         the mouth. Global

                         debauch emerged,

                         as a Bold Idea. It 

                         was an early night.

Ingmar Bergman

Through a Glass, Darkly

1961