I Never Thankt Berryman

Maybe I was busy being twenty-one

When  he lifted off. I dunno (as some spell

it). Berryman took liberties to bed and heart.

I later leart not to spark something that would

unmagic my life with some other life likely

to ruin me. I had a father who warned 

of men looking mostly for a house-

keeper in keeping with what they believed

they were owed. Early on I lost interest,

of course. But balance being what it is,

I would have liked to thank Berryman 

for spelling as he did, with or without

spellbinding me (I may seem impressed

but rarely I assure you), I just like justice.