6537. ANTERIOR MOTIVATIONS

ANTERIOR MOTIVATIONS

You will wish to say, instead, 'ulterior', 

but I do not care for that; I'd rather this

word here  -  meaning 'near' the front

 or head. It seems to suit me better : I 

forge these strange alliances like thoughts

of Summer winds across the bay-breeze field

of marsh-grass bending. Had I been, say, Hamlet,

I would never have touched that knife  -  either. 

Before or after, in front, or behind  -  only the

thinking near to it would have been enough.

As it is, all the captivation of the motivation 

is in the quandary it presents. I want the world

to hear me, yes, I guess, but I want it all to,

just as much, touch me ever not.