Unfurled for thee,
     a common tale,
    perhaps wrong-
     yet not mistaken;
    for virtues rod,
     in thy grasp
    as well mine own,
     measures oft
    to scarce avail.
 
 
 

     This poem, written in black, gothic script, is more introduction.  In this verse, Tyldsley warns the reader of what he may find within the pages which follow.  The author states that, while his story may be considered irrational or immoral by some, it is an accurate account of his experience. He makes the observation that a moral, conventional standard is often insufficient to measure true-life experience.
      The piece is on a field of blue.  The blue is textured with very close diagonal lines and three noticeably dark horizontal ridges.  This probably represents a surrealistic skyscape, with the diagonal texture representing sunshine and the horizontal ridges being clouds.
     A blossoming tree limb is seen in the foreground.  The small, round leaves and the stiff, prominant texture of the bark together with the small, white blossoms indicate that it is an apple tree.  The reference to morality prompts an allusion to the Garden of Eden and encourages this
interpretation  .
     The page is bordered on each side by white, marbled pillars These are, presumably, pillars of Truth standing above the limb of morality.  The pillars are capped at the top and bottom with dark gray stones, each with a human visage on its face.  These countenances are somber, if not pained.  This seems to state it is joyless virtue which holds the cold marble pillars of Truth.