“AND ANY CHILD CAN WRECK”: This is, sort of, a Spenserian-stanza diptych set within my story “Through the Years We All Will Be Together.” I like parts of it better than I like the whole. Still, those parts are good enough that I decided to post it. …If you’re wondering, I’ve written a decent chunk of the first scene of a new story (although “decent” is not an especially appropriate word) and will post it as soon as I have a chance to finish the scene. Anyway, here, some poetry.

[edited in the interests of publication]