REMEMBER THAT 

YOU DID IT

Poem for March 15, 2014

TANIST

Remember the spider
Weaving a snare
- And that you did it
Everywhere:

Remember the cat
Tormenting a bird
- And that you did it
In deed and word:

Remember the fool
Frustrating the good
- And that you did it
Whenever you could:

Remember the devil
And treachery
- And that you did it
When you were he:

Remember all ill
That man can know
- And that you did it
When you were so:

And then remember
Not to forget
- That you did it
And do it yet.

(c) James Stephens 

[1880-1950]

From page 676 of 1000 

years of Irish Poetry.