GEORGES SAND

Would your belle lettres
be understood today
or would the censors
ask for a solitary stay
for your life style,
yet Chopin corresponds
as any great composer
art its own pretender
and there is no denial
that he has chosen her
as his concerto plays
its solitary notes
from gesture and gender
he is no sickly poseur
to George Sand's heart,
for culture is a contender
for his lover's quotes
in a romantic two- way part.