the photograph is of my paternal grandfather, Guy Lance, who was, despite his appearance here, less resentful than my maternal grandfather, John Gibson (not pictured), both quite dead in any case
Economy of Emotion
The salient feature of the family
I grew up in was something like resentment
There was much to be resented heaven knows
And I have always feared the presentiment
Of getting to be like them ultimately
Since even in a vacuum resentment grows
Along with everything else as we expand
In spite of this blood curse I resent nothing
My supply is only equal to demand
I cannot afford to resent anything
Selected poems from previous & forthcoming collections together with Q&R apps on each page to enable audio rendition simultaneously with the written text
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