THEN I SAID

1/8/2005

Baby I don’t know how

I was bored again
with what I did
during the day

but my nights were alright
my nights were alright

I took a ride
on the apostles’ horses
to where I drank
the city silent

I had the chemicals turning
in tune with my spine
the chords made my fingers find
the air where my heart lay

so
I scampered on
down the dark park
to where I reclined and beheld
the night with stars on

how different we were in many ways
the time allotted to us

but towards the city again
when I had seen Orion
the unclaimed God of lamp-posts
cars and laymen