Harriet

through the hem of evening into the flesh of the night you step out to receive them in the bruising light

you leave your bed of novels you leave your hovering crown you leave your wit & your mettle and you come down

but it’s only a minute then til the hole in the canvas spreads and it grows til there’s nothing left

so if you even remember me after all that will come think of all i intended not what i’ve done

see me like an arrow still upon the bow set to the heart of the target hanging bright above

but its only a minute then til the shot is released & sent and lost to the shifting wind

oh they don’t know you, not like i do, not like us, harriet but they would love you, just like i do, if they could, harriet cause what you are, and what you want, are so far apart, and they’re travelling off oh what you are, is staggering drunk, but i’ll pick you up , and i’ll carry you home oh they don’t know you, not like i know you, not like us, harriet but they would love you, just like i love you, if they could, harriet