THOU DUST

                                     THOU DUST

  

        In the gastropodic grip

        Of an aged hand to a cane,

    And the gargantuan gnaw

      Of an infant gum on rusk,

In the hangdog homes

 Humdrumming in the rain,

         Tempus fugit: attic to attic 

        Dusk to dusk.

 - Larry Buttrose