Cast up<br />the heart flops over<br />gasping 'Love'<br /><br />a foolish fish which tries to draw<br />its breath from flesh of air<br /><br />And no one there to hear its death<br />among the sad bushes<br />where the world rushes by<br />in a blather of asphalt and delay

Lawrence Ferlinghetti

Lawrence Ferlinghetti