There is no great end to folly (March 16, 2010)

There is no great end to folly.
Of course I found a fragment
caught by the time so far advanced
I think the remainder left with rejoicing
and returned home across the thick
open the door to what must be knocking,
a voice from within comes to call
I saw my age grim with velvet
somewhere in the meanwhile draped

sedately sitting on the floor