Dwindle slowly, you dwindle on grassy shores br Lest of your fading, lest of your leaving br I count a many troubles of your numbering br Where many stumble on drifting and dying br br For a time of a cock-crow on tenterhooks br You repose some dancing in a better nook br Men, you pregnant pouches and oh so real br Men, you birth your own more than a single deal br br I cannot celebrate so soon, so easily br When human nature ensnares your monogamy br And everyone move you oust from ghastly hands br You petrify smaller homes for your vanishing band br br I cannot see more reasons of unreal believing br If it allows me to see you breathless, lifeless br Then I am nothing as an epitaph worth forgetting br Swimming quite a few miles, you swim at escaping br br br (written April 26,2008 Marikina City, Philippines)br br Chester Maynesbr br