You're Lame and Decrepit

Tonight you're here
but will you love me tomorrow?


Reading old notebooks is interesting.
it's like photographs of me.
and, a pictures worth a thousand words they say.


i wish i was a bird
so i could fly, of course
and shake hands with
each star.
Learn their names
and exchange
"How'd you do" 's

i wish i was an Angel sometimes.
Slipping by unseen
so i could
watch over you
Sing you sweet lullabies,
and keep you
bright and safe.



There are five empty chairs at the table.
five.
five empty places around me.
six i count the one my bag is on.
six.
i fill those in my mind
with the people i love best.
one. ee
two. maj three. steve
four. dust five. zed
six. six.
six is - was - bird, who,
is better off gone. better off the chair
for coats and bags.
in my mind my five full chairs
(six with bags, seven with me!)
in my mind my five full
chairs smile at me.
And I smile back.