Ain’t it good to know/
you’ve got a friend? No. Not when/
you think you might not.
OR
… No. Not when/
silence says you don’t.
Ain’t it good to know/
you’ve got a friend? No. Not when/
you think you might not.
OR
… No. Not when/
silence says you don’t.
Although we’re now near,/
for as distant as we are/
it could be Texas.
She never has to sleep
alone.
She never has to wonder
what it’s like to slumber,
deep,
untouched,
unwanted,
cold.
She always has an eager,
willing,
warm,
loving companion.
Perhaps I,
too,
should get a dog.
Can you fathom, like/
deep hunger of starvation,/
talk deprivation?
I dreamed a dream of/
us together. Since we’re not,/
I’m tres miserable.