I perked up, for you had arrived.
Or had you? As I listened, you
stepped back and faded
into that which I thought I had heard.
I perked up, for you had arrived.
Or had you? As I listened, you
stepped back and faded
into that which I thought I had heard.





He hops on one hip,
the one that still works,
while the hard floor waits
for the codger to fall.


Who am I
to say to you
what you should do?