kicking for elbow room

love

when you go

don’t

*

i spent time

trying to change

your mind

that i forgot

how long ago

it was since i

changed my own

i think it was

when i met you

and promised me

that i’d never let go

even if now came

when you wished there

would be no now

and certainly no then

*

i

like most people

know i am like

most people

and so when i am

in the thick of them

on the subway

reducing back to 24 years

tight tube

sperm fighting sperm

trying to get out

to the land of the rich

where most people aren’t

and where there are

just those that matter

who hold you

because they are as

scared as you are

that you won’t hold them

and you might become

like most people