Written not yet aged 20 (after a student hangover?) on 28 April 1967
“That sick feeling –
here
here -“
(Yes?)
“Is it fear?”
“That swirling noise –
in my head
(Ah)
“Is it dread?”
“And the weakness
of my limbs
and the creeping
on my skin
and the aching
in my bones.”
(I understand.)
“What is it?
“How
“Why
“What is it?”
(Old age!)
