How Much

22 January 2026

https://poems.culturing.net/2026/01/how-much/

What is a good man? One free of all shadow?
Do any remain who believe in such things? But if not,
how much shadow is tolerable? How much warrants punishment
or loss of freedom? How much can be outgrown and thus
overlooked as the chaff of youth? How much? How much?