Nothing man, who grasps the meaning
of desertion as easily as he changes
his clothes. Limp noodles that lie like
empty promises on his heart. He dreams
of days arrived and days survived. The
sun rises, the sun sets and still the nothing
man concludes his silent thoughts in frames
of coughing reference. There are people he
once associated with. He called them friends.
They did not know him. What they knew
they ended up not appreciating. He mourns
alone for other realities he self-created.
Tears can fall, but not from him. His water
bill has gone unpaid and so his teardrops
are salted channels of mould. There are
not many places left to hide, but still he
is not seen in the real world. Nothing man
of so many nothing days, how perfect is
your vision? Can you see the pain left
in the mailbox? Can you feel the loneliness
as it escapes across your heart? Memory,
that odd little word that applies to so many
different states of being. Oh Nothing man,
what a sad loss of hope exists in this sad
hopeless world. You are one of many,
but you sit alone in your glass house.
I like this one very much.
I like this one very much. Your poetry is all very good and I have enjoyed reading you
Vive le Quebec libre!