Not more than my share
of hot water--not more than my share

My cousin in a buzzing oven
collects not more than my share.

Of the light which quagmires breed
i give not more than my share.

we could not see the trouble coming · happy in that golden time
we saw our normalcy unfurl · lunar in that golden time

we watched our rosy miracles · batten in the sweet sunshine
and all our deals with Moloch throve, · Moloch, in that golden time

we knew what we had done was wrong · to all the lesser echelons
which did not stop us glorying in · freedom in that golden time

our aspirations harry us · as gift by gift they slip away
such stuff as dreams are built on, we · abolish in that golden time