that shakes his watch
that tells the time
of the poet, the man
that lies in the house of Bedlam.
This is a soldier home from the war.
These are the years and the waIls and the door
that shut on a boy that pats the floor
to see
if
the world is round or flat.
This is a Jew in a newspaper hat
that dances carefully down the ward,
walking the plank of a coffin board
with the crazy sailor
that shows
his
watch
that tells the time
of the wretched man
that lies
in
the house of Bedlam.
