boys   always stood at attention
         twitching with tension by extension
             i had a boy once   in the garden
        in hand   hard   
i had a bird   twice in the bush   
singing
  i heard her singing
   needing something
     needing anything
   twice in the bush
and that was enough

William Wycherly, English dramatist of the restoration period, died today in 1716.

J. D. Salinger, American writer, was born today in 1919.