My father asked me "Why
do you write soft-sell?"
Cutting soft sole. "To Sow hard seeds," I said,
"And sell hard souls." Through the Tower window,
The Time-Life sign blinked Time-Life, Time-Life
Flashing
Its occulating lights
Above the city
Grace Schulman (b.1935)
from Burn Down The Icons c. 1976 by Grace S