The Work-end Progress
Well you know (or don’t you, Ken?), I told you
Every telling’s the tale and that’s the he
And the she of it. From the book that grew
Our of Work in Progress. You have the key—
Given, along the way, as loved at last
Along the riverrun, past George Martin,
From nerve of ghost to end of May; the cast
Of Mary Martin’s play got their start in
Howard’s End (or was it Howard’s Inn?). Tim
Finnegan lived and walked the streets with a
Beautiful brogue and a wife named Anna
Livia Plurabella. We see him
As “Everybody,” Alp as “All Women”
And Shemus as the joker who loves them.