accused
of not being
sensitive

looking for real
men women
anybody

drunk
singing hymns
kneeling
holy
for imagination

me and god
on a park bench
feeding pigeons

put
2
stupid men
in the same
room
make one a
dictator
the other one
president

expect
a great outcome

thanks,
the world

listened to you
and
i came
will follow your
directions now
heed advice given
taken nothing short
of miracles needed
daily
alleviate levitate
draw the map
show me where
we are drawn
together to circle
it home
will
be there by
morning and
everyday after
we will not
stop

they would eat
get full
and keep eating
greed
rapacious poverty
never enough
always full
always more to
eat

fearing contagion
how
you could drive
by
and i
would become
sick

just the thought
ignorant
in a car seat
determined
to go nowhere

and you deserve life
deserve happiness
deserve the time spent
never being alone

vulgar
marginalized
whittled
into
the shape of a
nun
kneeling
fingering a rosary
singing
prayers to god

seen as prelude
a commercial
about a commercial
money
gets you a look

unless
you know how to
read

can not
run away
can
possibly walk
can
still get
somewhere
just
wanting to
be
more than
opaque

slow down
the walls are
calling

blah blah blah
cheeseburger
may i have
an oreo
milkshake

you are what i
know i need
words trapped
inside
a speaker

we will be here
together
feel
the dreadful beat
and
do not
forget to dance
yeah to know
oh oh oh oh

this takes place
in a car
just off
44th street

does anyone really
like grand rapids
in the winter
just
a few

it is
pretty
cold and white
how
would you describe
it

not a word left
to say

a love song
so stupid
it
could only
happen to
me