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i can t say i m all that excited
about jumping on that poet woman
i just don t feel she s worth
the effort i will however
be happy to write a poem
just for her maybe i ll even
make it rhyme teach her something
about her own game i saw on
adam s site that our poems
quote unquote are side by side
at first i wasn t sure what
to think but i see now it
has the effect or conveying
a conversation one which
most poor people in the world
aren t otherwise privy to
i quite enjoy it but then i
know i m slightly nuts i get
the impression you must be too
savannah cavorting with a roach
what would your mother think
question mark i mean really
talk about dirty i m dirty
as they come lower even than
the untouchables in india
you not only put up with me
you re out in the world
defending me i simply can t
thank you enough for all
that you do i was lost for
decades without your help
lord knows my ex husband was
never any help have i ever
told you about him he turned
out to be a completely self
concerned nit wit after many
months of courting me pretending
to be someone he wasn't bright
creative sincere in the end
he was none of it after all
these years i still have
hard feelings about it he
destroyed my capacity to trust
anyone and i haven t been
the same since now i m
pretty sure i ll never really
be me again be i it should be
be i but doesn t that just
sound strange still one of
my favorite records when
i was a girl was free to be
you and me you and i sounds
better there i m babbling now
always too concerned with words
a literate cockroach i ll have
to figure out how i can use this
interlude to my advantage
make something really big
make my mark they ve tried
to hold me back but i m
still here damn it i m
still here
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