Poetry is always slightly mysterious, and you wonder what is your relationship to it.

I suppose I did feel a certain public pressure always.

Walk on air against your better judgement.

Behaviour that's admired is the path to power among people everywhere.

I've nothing against the Queen personally: I had lunch at the Palace once upon a time.

Sink every impulse like a bolt. Secure The bastion of sensation. Do not waver Into language. Do not waver in it.

So hope for a great sea-change on the far side of revenge. Believe that further shore is reachable from here. Believe in miracles and cures and healing wells.