A Queer’s Queer
Excuse, that’s my dream
you have in your hand.
You weren’t planning
on stealing it, were you?
He’s not bitter, but he
should be. That’s not
expecting too much.
A smile is asking too
much.
Over and over the stones
whirl around my head.
Even as I write these
words it’s to a song
I cannot forget.
So I guess too narrow,
too dumpy, and too
dumb. Whatever seems
right this week.
My eyes fall at too early
a time. A time before
Aphra Behn. A time
before I have read Aphra
Behn. So, good luck
mysterious thief. Good
luck to find your way
because you’re not
getting mine.