Getting together with Poe on weekends
to smoke opium and drink
the wines of paradise
Going to New York with Poe to search
for Jay McInerney’s bright lights
and big bad intimidating city
Reading philosophy books with Poe
to analyze Nietzsche and ascertain
the importance of Karl Marx
Having a chat with Poe about
starving alcoholics and poets
who can’t rhyme or keep meter
Getting together with Poe just
to goof off on a lazy afternoon
and watch the sun set into evening