Michael Friedman

Let Me Say

Let me say
Didn't notice
Bats released
The good news

Bases loaded
Only now
Can I help you?
How many roads

I come here
All the time
Hear this
All the time

Great view
Afraid of heights
Got me thinking
With a twist

A meteor
For earth
Gone mental
Yah

So that's why
Last seen
On speedboat
Out of town

May've found
One person
Who understands
Real me

Painful moment
Of introspection
This to finish
Bubkis

By seat of pants
You're on my fax
That would make us
Cousins

Different route
More circuitous
Give you a tip
Get a clue

First time
For everything
Unlikely arrangement
Didn't happen

Tell me
You're real
Up creek
Paddle

On my way
Nothing flashy
Any questions?
One more thing

Train of thought
Shit Sherlock
Make me a believer
Walk away

Plato's cave
Projecting outwards
Famous
Last words

Where did you
Get the idea?
And go
From there

Tell me something
I'd like to know
How you became
A senior manager

Lyrics sent
Into outer space
Through liquid air
I'm game

You have many
Good qualities
Too many
To list

To be the first one
To leave the party
Together these counterparts
Constitute one agreement

Friends let friends
Let's not spoil it
Unraveling fragments
Falling by parachute

Second chance
Out of barn
Hold course
For misty mountains

Welcome back
How was space?
Is there something
Starting between us?



Works

Works for me
Distant peaks
Welcome mat
Held in reserve

Tie up
Loose ends
Double back
Verisimo

Bedroom community
Plays dead
A day at the races
One day at a time

 

 
 

A David Trinidad Publication for MiPOesias Magazine 2007