turning corners

your choice at corners made each turn so close
we could not see the ending when it came
to explain or suffer none could diagnose
your choice at corners made each turn so close

dismal the onslaught of those so verbose
seeking to tell us when the beast was tame
your choice at corners made each turn so close
we could not see the ending when it came

at the beginning nothing was the same
but heresy declared that law was wild
the truer justice took on all the blame
at the beginning nothing was the same

given or taken all they had was name
of honest servant no one was reviled
at the beginning nothing was the same
but heresy declared that law was wild

no simpler form of vision hot or mild
declared by champions in the open field
those who on the dull loser then had piled
no simpler form of vision hot or mild

the parent is not present in the child
nor is the one who understands the yield
no simpler form of vision hot or mild
declared by champions in the open field

a kind of anger to us had appealed
with which our larger income to engross
the edge provides us with no certain shield
a kind of anger to us had appealed

no one had come before the throne and kneeled
although we thought ourselves most grandiose
a kind of anger to us had appealed
with which our larger income to engross