A VIEW OF SOCIETY
The value of all social exercise,
be it of biceps or of common speech,
is that it lets us test with our own eyes
how well our movements please the minds they reach.
The bonus is, of course, the fact that we
when in a group of living human souls
can view them as a kind of tapestry
that adds delightful substance to our goals.
That interchange of gestures, looks, and sounds
provides such thought-food that, when we're alone,
each image we recall may act as grounds
for everything from laughter to a groan.
And if we're overwhelmed by so much fuss,
it still may help improve some part of us.

That was a good sonnet Bruce! ~Scott

Dear **Scott**: That mere sonnet quite preached
and grittily argued and screeched.
I'm grateful your finding
seemed happily binding
my 'concepts' with whales amply beached.