When sources were stretched <br />by Chinese demand, <br />getting love over quick <br />was a major concern <br />of the French perfume firm. <br /> <br />'Poetry, ' they affirmed, <br />'belongs in a hearse.' <br /> <br />Into this milieu arose a great poet <br />pleading love as the cause of his verse. <br /> <br />'Instead of a sentence, ' <br />they said, <br />'we'll pay you to write in silence. <br />You can say what you like <br />and release it when stocks are aplenty, <br />when we can sell an ounce <br />for a hundred and twenty.'<br /><br />douglas scotney<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/when-stocks-are-aplenty/
