From One Thing to Another

From One Thing to Another

Where does the truth of the cake
come from The filling or the cake
There are also consequences of
buttercream frosting The mouth
of a taster is one complicated place
Who you have gone out walking with
and who you have been in that coat
and who flits from west to east within
your thoughts becoming your kite
Oh ye of many selves A full sink
containing suds and delicates
forgetting their stains in the bath
In a dream I had an argument with
a scholar He was shouting at me
You can’t just go from one thing
to another thing to another and
call this a poem This is not poetry
And I was saying calmly Sir
That is exactly what I’ll do