Beyond all this, the wish to be alone :
However the sky grows dark with invitation - cards
However we follow the printed directions of sex
However the family is photographed under the flagstaff —
Beyond all this, the wish to be alone .
Beneath it all , desire of oblivion runs :
Despite the artful tensions of the calendar ,
The life insurance, the tabled fertility rites ,
The costly aversion of the eyes from death —
Beneath it all , desire of oblivion runs .