Another Komrij poem

A POEM

Line one is simply there to get things going.

Line two is line eleven when up-ended.

Line three’s to gain a bit more ground for hoeing.

Line four rhymes with line two - that’s what’s intended.

Line five gives you a sudden spiteful zap.

Line six’s a dozen that’s been split in two.

Line seven’s such an awful load of crap,

Line eight’s dead serious - vice versa, too.

Line nine repeats a now familiar ditty.

Line ten could turn out quite a disillusion

Line eleven’s eleventh - more’s the pity.

Line twelve’s a nothing’s ultimate conclusion.