~
it’s too late for me
to be heroic, although
some tell me differently,
the good ship rebellion
sailed without me
so instead I become
a free thinker, seemingly
having paid in advance
for that dubious privilege,
life moulded me into a
philosopher, a lonely
candidate at a seminar
for one, handsomely
rewarded with the bigotry
of my self-confession
*
© Graham R Sherwood 10/26
