foregone conclusion

not a matter of seclusion
in sturdy castle walls
just a case of deep confusion
in pinched neurotic halls. . .

not a false or lost illusion
steeped by freedom's wings
just a tangent from intrusion
pursuing many things. . .

not a distant tight reclusion
abyssed by mental shade
just a chance for full transfusion
to halt the masquerade. . .

not a hurtling dark delusion
like the shock of a comets breath
just a hope of cool conclusion
before we meet with death. . .

July 1978