IN THE CENTRE, MS VENTER

IN THE CENTRE, MS VENTER
“it’s in the centre, Mr Venter”
catch-phrase from South African
TV advert from the 1980s

poetry lies
on the fringes

ineffable
        stretching meaning
dabbling
    in truth

you yourself, on the other hand,
way to upfront to dabble,
are
    dead centre

in
  all things
truly blessed with such
          elasticity

deeply effable