What do they do
for me and you?
What do they do,
my friends?
What have they left
to lift us up above this
lot and bring the better
to this day and place?
What have they done?
What have they said that’s new
and might be a vision splendid?
What do they want that’s not
already taken or forsaken
in the despair of living?
What do they do?
O what do they do
for me and you who
live in a spell without magic?
5/2/2022