In this sonnet, Berrigan starts off talking, possibly, about his life thus far. He describes the "Grace to be born" only to read about life rather than actually living it. He also states to be in a room on pills seated at a desk. He uses the statement "sustained by a belly full of pills" which gathers the scene of him high on pills pondering his life.
From here he mentions "The Poems" which I'm not clear what he's talking about and from there immediately goes from talking in the singular to the plural , using the word "we". He continues into a frenzy of topics which I can only take away what sounds like a movie date ending in sex or possibly a more lonesome alternative.
Over all I believe Berrigan is describing himself or a specific time in his life. He gets high on pills and dreams about a more active life going into a fantasy date.
good, say more. 5/10
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