’Twas ours to soar and his to see.

But we are coming down again,

And we shall come down pleasantly;

Nor shall we longer disagree

On what it is to be sublime,

But flourish in our perigee

And have one Titan at a time.

JOHN GORHAM

“Tell me what you’re doing over here, John Gorham—

Sighing hard and seeming to be sorry when you’re not.