Moderation (Daley poem)

I do not wish for wealth
 * Beyond a livelihood;

I do not ask for health
 * Uproariously good.

I do not care for men
 * To point with pride at me;

A model citizen
 * I do not wish to be.

I have no dream bizarre
 * Of strange erotic joy;

I want no avatar
 * Of Helena of Troy.

I do not crave the boon
 * Of Immortality;

I do not want the moon,
 * Not yet the rainbow's key.

I do not yearn for wings,
 * Or fins to swim the sea;

I merely want the things
 * That are not good for me.