Now
now
'Take my heart
hold it
tight and
squeeeeeeze
untiltherhythmchanges.
Dig out my mind
with a spade and
hit it
severaltimeswitthebluntedge.
Grab my wrist
twist it
dip it
in mixed metaphors, meaningless phrases:
Coffee shop, cigarettes Gaulouises;
abstract:
EL Franco by a newspaper stand
reads his epitaph
takes a bow
and
can I write contemporary__ Now?'