Since it’s very late
in the afternoon,
long past time for lunch,
please pardon my
dishevelment.
Your visit comes
too early
to hide my lassitude.
But I have a sneaky hunch
you don’t give a damn
about my confusion
of day for night
and dark for light,
or for your intrusion.
jh
Several of my books of poems include . . .
Kleine Tiere (Small Animals) published in a bilingual English-German edition by Stadtlichter Presse. To order in the US and Canada, kindly send requests to Straight Up via “contact.” (Click to purchase in Europe.)
“These poems are free sonnets of experience that even Blake would favour. They are tears for the tongue to be savoured once tasted, and like a drop for the eye, ear, or mind, they restore perception to its rightful place. They are dark diamonds.” — David Erdos, MÜ Magazine (London)
