TUGULÂNDIA – uma cretinocracia

Love Will Keep

Love will keep,
the way lettuce will keep
in a fridge.

You want it.
You chose it.
Gradually you see less often
into the salad box,
beneath the yoghurts
and double cream;
far below the tins of pink fish,
the bottles of red wine.

I will warn you:
when you look you will not find
what you left.

After all,
a lettuce is simply water
beautifully structured.

Now tell me:
what is love?


James L. Orwin
(About Larkin 9 – April 2000)