wrote this poem awhile back for/about a friend of mine, and recently got permission to post it. it’s a reflection on certain events that were going on in her life at the time, and now that i think on it, it’s also a bookend of sorts to a Weird Blues song brother haptown wrote waaay back in the day…

She’s leaving Earth
Took the first train out
What was your name again?
Did you think
Did you feel
You were the one?
Silly boy
It’s written in the stars
And what have you got?
It’s written in the stars
And what have you got?
Man, I seen your face
In a magazine
And that ain’t no way to fly

She’s leaving Earth
Took the first train out
What was your game again?
Did she laugh
Did she smile
When you said goodbye?
I ain’t surprised
She’s writing in the stars
And what have you got?
She’s writing in the stars
And what have you got?
Man, I seen your face
On a flickering screen
And that ain’t no way to cry

She’s leaving Earth
Leapt up with a shout
What was your name again?
Did you say
Did you play
Like you were the one?
Silly boys
Always looking at the stars
Instead of what they’ve got

[3.16.2007]

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