• POIKA’S PROVERBS



    walk not where the grass is greenest to find yourself
    a charged perimeter walls you safely in
    yearning is the mark of the poor even in wealth
    let contentment be your fairest first bride’s maid
    be careful the vendors intend only to sell
    never behold their goods as more than the wind
    for no more is cash than the stump of the leafless elm
    and old women always stand where once their youth faired
    the witch, a lioness that prowls the heart,
    the devils’ women, daggers instead of rings
    but the owls eye sees much even though it is dark
    so use the spirits senses to know just what it is she thinks
    for though the greener grasses growth depletes your corpse
    the destination fathers the journey no less than it’s source