Letrilla: All of Which is Beyond Words
i.m Simon Carey Holt, author of ‘Eating Heaven’
You and how you talk at table
Speaking of the unspeakable
Together of the present day
Blessed givens and come-what-mays
All of which is beyond
words
Then on message capable
Messaging the unmissable
Here there nearly everywhere share
Now the news now contempt now care
None of which is beyond
words
Opinions faster faster
Complex like your bowl of pasta
Situations vast and vaster
One solved the next a disaster
All of which is beyond
words
Politicians you could throttle
Contents not on the sauce bottle
When this moment calls for cool heads
You hear and say what must be said
None of which is beyond
words
Tables are level playing fields
Where cases each can be appealed
Things never heard before the Law
You speak at length not one ignore
All of which are beyond
words
Ice cream softens the argument
The sweet intent of what you meant
Verdicts postponed hatchets buried
When life is a bowl of cherries
None of which is beyond
words
By tomorrow other stories
Implausible morning glories
Some homely some matters of State
The table awaits your updates
All of which is beyond
words
