church and state
no one speaking no one asking
but everyone talking everyone milling around
no one touching it
(although i have a thing, a thing
to do that can’t wait, that can’t wait)
but everyone talking everyone milling around
no one touching it
(although i have a thing, a thing
to do that can’t wait, that can’t wait)
not a thing to be done
must be a Hollywood number
must be a fine, mascara-run dress
the life of the dinner party, cocktails
for the few
stragglers who’ve stayed up
late for the late returns
must be that almost
all of the sets will now say
99.9%
in the windows &
doors, it will behoove us that
no clear majority
.1% must be a timid
Election night soup
this one knows what the other one
doesn’t plan
(its place, a knee or a palm
kind lashes without nails
anything is more beautiful as God)
why no one speaking no one asking
what Help sounded to him like
from way up