Love In 2 Parts

Oh, there's hope in poetry, comfort in fiction

Like the voice of Walt Whitman for example



I have noticed something

You will have noticed this too

We cut the words off short

We like either or

We are the virgin and the whore

You will have noticed this too



So I am led to say purely for example, purely for survival

And speaking of course from my own experience

When I’m drunk it's easy

When I’m sober I try not to love you so hard

Will not love you so hard



You will have noticed this too

For you were on the other side



In a San Francisco loft you couldn't pay for

I could feel your heart beat through the floor boards

I waved my hope around like a cheap flag

Whose colours had faded

Whose emblem was laughable



What is whiskey in the morning but a clear path to the door?

What would Uncle Walt say to the silent floorboard?

Hope

Hope