I never wanted to be a poets poet.
I strive to write for people, caring far more for the connection to a garbage handler.
tonight I feel the sting from the absence.
I am going to bed now and hoping to sleep and awaken in a different light.

prize fighter

I am not a fighter;

never been.

writing poetry and

loving;

            an unknown

contradiction

carrying notebooks,

pencils in back pockets

while looking so aggressive,

massive.

 - hoc Scripsi