music and crushes

my whole life has been

music and crushes

hard to tell

which starts where

the elliott smith

line of notewords

that sparks like

a firefly

looping around

a pond

and someone

seen for sunlight

seconds walking

through a door

can’t break

them apart:

firefly/song/crush 

surging the same

in ‘78 or 2020

only the songs

are different

The National Prayer Breakfast, 2020

A boa constrictor zig zigs into the banquet hall, elevates its head and knocks over a pot of coffee.

The lights go out. A swarm of bats rush through a hole in a window and circle the giant chandelier. Their wings make a slapping sound and their whirring speed stokes a wind that elevates the combover of the president.