A document kept at the back of a drawer,
A tin hidden under the floor,
Recalcitrant prides and hesitations:
To pile them carefully in a desparate oblation
And say to you "quickly! turn them
Once over and burn them".

Now I (no communist, heaven knows!
Who have kept as my dearest right to close
My tenth door after I've opened nine to the world,
To unfold nine sepals holding one hard-furled)
Shall - or shall try to - offer to you
A communism of two ...

See, entry's yours;
Here, the last door!

~ A. S. J. Tessimond

Arthur Seymour John Tessimond was an English poet, born at the turn of the 20th century.  A the age of 16, he ran away from the prestigious boarding school, Charterhouse, though he later studied at Liverpool University.  He then moved to London and worked in bookshops and as a copywriter.  It is also documented that he avoided military service in World War I, only to discover that he was unfit for active duty anyway.

Tessimond is remembered as an eccentric Imagist, whose poetry was urban and elegant in nature.  His work was first published in literary magazines in the 1920s, and he saw three volumes of his poetry published in the 30’s, 40’s and 50s.

Sadly, he suffered from bipolar disorder and some believe it was the electric shock therapy he received for his malady that contributed to his death in 1962.  Ever since Tessimond was the subject of a radio programme in the 1970s, called Portrait of a Romantic, there has been increased interest in his work.  Pieces of his that were previously unpublished have been continually included in new anthologies in the decades since then.