Friday, November 04, 2022

But You're Not There

 

I thought of you a while. It didn’t have

The consequence it did. Upon a time,

Upon a bed, the thought of you would raise

The spirit levels of the cold: they praise

Famous men who will, I own a brave

Preference for the something like a dame.


But not tonight. Perhaps it’s the cold rain

Stippling the cherry tree. Maybe the bills

Unpaid, the trespasses still indisposed,

The door unlocked. The window never closed.

Somebody needs to troll Memory Lane.

The phone. But I’m not taking any calls


Tonight. Tonight I thought of you. Forget

Our debts. Tonight the world is getting wet.


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