Lurgy

This brings out the worst in her/me/him/her
No-one's really sure. But it definately brings out the worst
in someone.

of course- you were not there. you did not see it.

I don't remember
how it started. Or rather- I pretend
I don't remember how it started.
Actually, I'm too embarrassed to mention
what actually happened


and I have so much more to say, and I think
"I must tell her/him/her this" and then remember
that I can't

I imagine she/he must think "why am I here?
what have I done?" but, of course, that would
assume that they read this
and that they understand the meaning of divorce


It's like a death. A tiny, insignificant,
miniscule death that only you have noticed-
a man lies in the middle of the road with a bicycle wheel
through his/her sternum;

a woman steps over his carcass
to get to the bank.

The Door That Opens And Shuts In The Manner That Most Doors Often Do

...

A man sits on a bench in the park talking
to himself in verse, and all the passers-by
ignore him, because he is mad

and do not notice that he speaks honestly
of the sound of the sun bleeding
out of the sky

and how nice it is to feel couplets
dropping off the edge of your tongue.


The ducks hear him, too, but they
also ignore him, not because he is mad
but because his verse is widely considered
to be very poor


and in the distance, a door slams shut.