LIFE

War;

Competition;

Mental frustration,

Striving to gain self-respect and ambition.

Force;

Inhibition;

Utter starvation;

Lifelong attempt to avoid this condition.

Morals;

Convention;

No violation

Without a penalty for such dissention.

Fortune;

Contention;

Supreme elation

As unknown matters attain comprehension.

Study;

Reflection;

Gay recreation;

Always a venture inviting correction.

Control;

Direction;

No compensation;

Nothing which does not involve some inspection.

Death;

Degradation;

Life’s expectation

Wanes as the breath nears its last expiration.

Birth;

Procreation;

Love’s consummation,

Gladly producing the next generation.

Longmoor, 1948