Was Different From before

experimenting with quick thoughts down on paper and published before stopping to think too much about it

Establishing a courtesy

Was different from before

We had to meet eyes and shuffle feet

And giddy a moment

Before

Trust set like a poached egg in vinegar boiled water

 

the train had broken down

the lines of my face

and snuffed some old regretful wrinkle

and jutted its groove off the face of the earthen me,

certainly

 

I wanted to cry then

But the timing was all wrong

I had to stay afloat

And hum, a-hum a song

 

the rain had spoken sounds

that mutteled our space

and brewed an air that would follow

and cocked a swallows ascent from the lows 

to the highest ace