the master-general’s war campaign
for months has treated minor advisers
and top patrons as a scrap or threat
from this pathetic platoon
lorried deep into a methane
swamp the master-general insists
on criticizing the march
and truck-drivers who abide
he also belittles the moon
perhaps he has no regrets
about his attacks maybe they
at crossroads rebuke him unfairly
but the master-general drives
home and hearth to entertain
perhaps his careening mirth
obstinacy and mortal abandon
may trigger drastic alliances
with the sunrise of anonymity
Source:
- Ashbery, John. “Flow Chart.” Paris Review. 1991. Web. 2 Aug. 2016.