Iris DeMent
and this you call work
And this you call workâits a carefree
Existence! To catch, ere itâs flown,
What music has privately hinted,
And jestingly call it my own.
And using anotherâs blithe scherzo
For lines far too languid to run,
To swear your poor heart is lamenting
In fields that smile back at the sun.
And later, when pinewoods play trappist,
To do what bold eavesdroppers dare,
While the fogâs impalpable curtain
Hangs vaguely as smoke on the air,
Not feeling one qualm of conscience,
I take things from left and right.
Life is sly, but I take something from it,
And all from the stillness of night.
[1959]
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