Consummation

Is it not enough
to grow up in vastness
and in expectation
with the idea
of casting out
bad property
and advancing in the
consummation nation?

Expect to travel
Expect to learn as
Travel is the best
teacher, best book.

Wade out into the sea
find bottomless expanses
where poisons are churned
close in on your place in it.

Once you fear less
you begin your journey
across the face of American business
and each contract you best
you will consummate for the rest,

Closing the sale for real.





Patrick Darnell (1981)