Poem, 10 October 2008
She sat on the tree and kept looking down on me
As if we had been gone a long time
Whoa Baby, it’s me I said and gave her a wink
Hi Baby, it’s me she said and that made me blink
She never called me Baby in daylight.
I said Well what are you thinking for the next day or so
She said I’m taking a plane to Peru
Whoa Baby, take me I said and gave her a wink
No Baby, you stink she said and that made me blink
I sniffed and said, You know that’s not true
She said Trust your messed-up head to take it like it wasn’t said
As simple as a literal smell
Don’t you Whoa Baby me, she said, and jumped off the tree
Wh- I started instead I tried Wait one moment please
She was gone. I turned to you and said Well.


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