the words weren't mine

coming up the drive was one thing             the gaff
another altogether             His Selfship
no longer a provisional concern
flush with high anxiety running on
marginal sleep the quick analysis
not yet common indicating magic
but too venerable now             stately with graft
marked heftily on and off the ledgers

commercial organizations hailing
themselves for deconstructing their workflows
were no more extravagantly buffo
than Your Man in his vintage threads building
personal taste from the private ground up

[written off contract in the new folly]