May delivery be easy,
may our child grow and be well.
Let him be happy from time to time
and leap over abysses.
Let his heart have strength to endure
and his mind be awake and reach far.
But not so far
that it sees into the future .
Spare him
that one gift,
o
heavenly powers .
Artur
Mi~dzyrzecki
FATE THE CLERK LAYS DOWN A NEW SET OF
BY-LAWS
Fate the clerk lays down a new set of by-laws
It
used to be the elements' decree now it's a decree of the
authorities
Hard to believe that back then it was personal like a soul
On a first-name basis with those wretched kings in their nooses
It's gotten red-tapey and torpid
It's a bookkeeper for great numbers
It still cuts down a forest or a nation like before
But now it's hit-or-miss and get-out-if-you-can
