The Collected Writings of Brian J. Mueller

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B. Volio

Methinks there is much reason to your rhyme,
yet to merely think hath no place in love.
I am no more in the throes of passion at this juncture in time
then are the clouds in the heavens above.
A man who art in love makes not sweet decisions,
his body oft marred by his delusional visions.

Still the table of life rolls out before me,
and is only part of the continent I must consume.
The question is not love, but be or not be.
Apocalyptic thoughts I must entomb.