Welcome to my World on a Wednesday
The TV repeats the same news as this morning –
war, floods, famine –
while kids improvise dance to beats
on the sidewalk below,
a show I’m in the cheap seats for
though I didn’t buy tickets.
My attention is up for grabs –
the newsreader, dinner in the microwave,
a spider on a ceiling crawl,
music from the next door apartment,
the way my shoelaces won’t stay tied –
as every previous thought of mine
is politely excusing itself, one at a time,
like guests leaving a party too early.
And then, suddenly, you – not naked
scandalously but naked in the way
a glance can rewrite art history,
replace every nude I’ve seen
in galleries with you – something I see
that no one else does – lucky me.
Is it Wednesday already?
Yes it is. Ridiculous Wednesday.
The day after nonsensical Tuesday.
John Grey is an Australian poet, US resident, recently published in Midnight Mind, Willow Review and White Wall Review. Latest books, “Bittersweet”, “Subject Matters” and “Between Two Fires” are available through Amazon. Work upcoming in the MacGuffin, Touchstone and Willow Review.
