GLYN MAXWELL

Coats of my colors
take over
as an English muffin
is thrown on the fiery
grill like the three
Hebrew boys
mishach,shadrach
and abendigo,
they try to throw
you a soccer ball
out of reach
of your goal
in your free society
into the wellspring
of towering Babel
in baby babylon,
Glyn, preserve
the language
above all,
the heritage
of a poet's Byronic freedom
for the speechless
and the ironic theater
in company with Wilde
Shakespeare ,Jonson,Dryden
for those who like the classics
and the good audiences
of Royal fans.