CHESTERTON'S DETECTIVE
(1874-1936)

Chesterton would live
in his stories
as a priest detective
in the character of Father Brown
with his own actor's laughter
from a loving smile
in cheek and in check
would sit down
to rest in his easy chair
on the deck
after he had his day dream
writing his archdiocese fables
relaxing by watching golf
which the glorious bard
and critic cynically regarded
"as an expensive way
of playing marbles,"
having cottage cheese
and red wine for lunch
would find a murder case
rather contrary to solve
with a hunch
at least by his own directive
not minding to tell
with a Punch and Judy show
of his secretive business
and elected to divine
from his human cargo.