I. Cædmon
Write your words
and with them
pierce through
nebulous conceit;
wade through the
fantastic and find
truth to speak
and speak it.
II. Julian
You sit in your
self-made isolation,
apart from the world
and worldly things,
as people beseech
your intercession;
and guilt will not
overcome your purpose.
III. Cordelia
He reviles you
and yet still
you act as though
he reveres you,
for you understand
that he has
but an infection
of his humours.
IV. Beatrice
Will your spleen
consume the things
of which you hold
close to your heart?
Your ill-repute
drives him away
when you so dearly
wish it would not.
