• He forgot — and I — remembered —

    'Twas an everyday affair —

    Long ago as Christ and Peter —

    "Warmed them" at the "Temple fire."


    "Thou wert with him" — quoth "the Damsel"?

    "No" — said Peter, 'twasn't me —

    Jesus merely "looked" at Peter —

    Could I do aught else — to Thee?

  • Sweet — You forgot — but I remembered

    Every time — for Two —

    So that the Sum be never hindered

    Through Decay of You —


    Say if I erred? Accuse my Farthings —

    Blame the little Hand

    Happy it be for You — a Beggar's —

    Seeking More — to spend —


    Just to be Rich — to waste my...