Traveller's Curse After Misdirection (Words Graves C1959, Inkster 2016) Poem by Dr Ian Inkster

Traveller's Curse After Misdirection.

May they stumble, stage by stage
On an endless pilgrimage
Dawn and dusk, mile after mile
At each and every step a stile;
At each and every step withal
May they catch their feet and fall.

At each and every fall they take
May a bone within them break
And, may the bone that breaks within
Not be for variation's sake,
Now rib, now thigh, now arm, now shin
But always without fail THE NECK.