Poem October 17, 1977 ISSUE

WHEN IS NOW

Rushworth M. Kidder

When "if God does" gives way to "since God is,"and all the maybe's melt to certainly;when my and mine yield cordially to His,and "here's for you" submerges "what's for me?"—

when platitude (the aged counterfeitof artistry) crumbles at sounds of new,and childish tough-talk (blown-up oppositeof tenderness) bursts at the touch of true—

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