the human occupation

in places known lacking all restriction

we lift our heads and arms extend their reach

whilst all the silent learn to practice speech

as sterling critics take honour from fiction

with truth resulting from the hard conviction

that since no one will give what we beseech

making reality out of all they teach

we must become our own true benediction

this is a world where silence means dissent

from standard syllogisms of bright command

yet we are bound to  stay within the mesh

of human intercourse of what is meant

by these creations of the head and hand

that come together in the mortal flesh