Angelic Concerns for the Rosy Swan, a
Bar
which I have never seen
but dreamt, for there
folks are friends,
the kind who face each other
at the dawn
in bed, and not alone.
*
My erstwhile friend took classes
in constructing verse,
where teachers praise,
though fellow students
criticize this line or that
and wonder if he’s
“earned that final line.”
*
In my dream,
these people tease
their fame.
*
My friend that was
won’t join them
for he hates their sound,
writes verse
supple as his leather and his skin,
with which he finds his pleasure.
which I have never seen
but dreamt, for there
folks are friends,
the kind who face each other
at the dawn
in bed, and not alone.
*
My erstwhile friend took classes
in constructing verse,
where teachers praise,
though fellow students
criticize this line or that
and wonder if he’s
“earned that final line.”
*
In my dream,
these people tease
their fame.
*
My friend that was
won’t join them
for he hates their sound,
writes verse
supple as his leather and his skin,
with which he finds his pleasure.