BONDAGE

[from Middle English bonde, serf, from Old English bnda, husbandman, from Old Norse bndi, present participle of ba, to live.] -American Heritage Dictionary

Taut or not, the ropes are there. Thomas may not have been aware He preached petulance at close of day As if rage could provide a way To thwart the cosmic puppeteer. In the words of one great sonneteer: Our best men with thee do go Which, it seems to me, should show That the proper end is epoch. Were all just actors in a play.