28th Time the Charm
Waving me over.
Introducing yourself again,
How cute,
you are so determined -
To be normal
introducing yourself
To me and everyone
Is it really you?
You are right
Your teeth aren't perfect
You still have nice hair though
I prefer it longer
Where did that go?
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The guy I like
He is sitting here
Isn't he?
I keep looking around
Maybe I made him up
Is it really you?
I thought so
But now I see
I doubt
But I know
I tell you he isn't here
My confession fell apart
Seeing you almost dancing
About to burst into song
I didn't know the words
Staring at the ground
Too much emotion
Maybe I'm all wrong
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Repeating ourselves
The cars and cartoons
Going nowhere
You try to catch words
I am puzzling possibility,
in rounds
You act as if I'm
Van Gogh
Some strange
Mystery you praise
Like I will be famous
I wonder if I gave an ear
How you’d feel
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Chaos I start rattling
Your friends defend you
The world loves you
You are left alone
You are nice to me
Over and over
Despite everything
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Feel free to talk to me
Around me
And through me
I don't mind
Be more you
Be anger or defined
Joyful or lost
I only said not to say anything
To protect you
But it doesn't matter now
I don't think you care
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Your job description
I would later laugh
The scrambling concoction
Of multiple opinions?
Medical chemicals?
You sound like a dealer
Trying to decide truth
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I do know you
In your garbled way
That you never say
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Fancy though aren't you
Showing off your keys
I don't have a car
I borrow it
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Conversations piling up
Losing you to a room
And distant talk
I'm sure I sound crazy
There are too many people
You are left to silence
I still want to talk
But uh
Time ran off
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Maybe maybe later
Maybe some place more free?
Do you mind just going somewhere else?
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Or do you regret
My random mouth
And how I didn't say a thing
But this and that
Shock factor
Not everything
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Am I disappointment
Or progress?
I don't know.
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I guess you still read though.
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Somehow
I just
Thought I'd talk about
The guy I liked
To you
In case
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In case you know
You knew him
He was a poet.
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