Important questions

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Important Questions
In memory T. C.

Must you be sad to write poetry?
Does emotional sincerity
Hang on meeting existential crunch,
On global or on individual tragedy?
Can you make art only when you face
Loss of a loved-one say, or marital strife?

These are important questions. Recently
I overheard an architect friend
Berate an assistant who prattled idly
On such matters as we ate their lunch.
‘You finish detailing that staircase.
I’ll deal with the Meaning of Life!’