When Will We Start to Live?

145 When will we start to live? That old refrain, Reverberating deep within the grain Of what we are, no matter where or when: That Siren’s Song, so called, or Devil’s Trill Within the will (we think infects the will) —Plug up your ears and you will hear it still, Says life flows out like water through a sieve, Holds nothing and has nothing much to give, And leads to nothing: When will we start to live? WHEN WILL WE START TO LIVE? HENRY WEINFIELD ...