Salient. Victoria University of Wellington Students' Newspaper. Volume 31, Number 22. September 17, 1968
[Untitled poem by Usman]
My new tranquil being
My new amphetamine personality complete
with its derivatives
Which "increase mental alertness and diminish
the awareness of fatigue"
Must surely impress you.
Gone is the fast talking moaning rambling pariah
Who trailed consternation and despair
Gone is the uncontrolled chatter and helter-skelter mind.
Though it does make for an interesting life
And keeps Confucius employed
While causing endless amusement to an objective few
So
Why regret a sunlit room and empty confessions
which were unintelligible anyway?
Would a break and entry really recover the
remnants of a disorganised past
And re-establish the mentally perfect me?
Usman
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