One of the Big Lies of Saturn alias Satan Is That, Beyond Him, There’s But Chaos

 

According to Luo Qilan, “the worthy

and the wise are fettered” as if the fools

were free and Saturnalia had never ceased.

But, yes, we are all enmeshed in worldliness.

 

Though some can make out of it a killing

while others nurse and tend to infirmity

and suffering which still others multiply,

and others still know to build great homes

 

or making amazing dishes, breads, and beds.

And, yes, women are still commonly fettered

more than men but, as a rule because of that,

 

they know it better and more than most men.

But poetry too if it’s to be poetry still, is bound.

Whether with measure or love’s beat in heart.