Archive for November 27th, 2002


So.. I had the encounter today… Sitting in the b…

So.. I had the encounter today… Sitting in the booth.. chatting over scrambled eggs and coffee… I caught a glance of someone walking past, looking up.. I was caught in the stare of him… I swear my heart stopped, I prayed for him to keep walking… I swore for him to keep walking… I was caught off guard, not on my own terms… He kept walking.. I let out the breath I didn’t know I was holding…

so we go from year to year

with secrets we’ve been

keeping

Though you say you’re

not a Templar man

Seems as if we’re

circling for very

different reasons

But one day the Eagle

has to land

Out past the fountain

a left by the station

I start the day

in the usual way

Then think

– well why not —

and stop for a coffee

then begin to recall

things that you say

No one’s at the door

You suggest a ghost

perhaps a phantom

I agree with this in part

Something is with us

I can’t put my

finger on –

is Thumbalina size 10

on a Wednesday —

Out past the fountain

a left by the station

I start the day

in the usual way

Then think — well why not —

and stop for a coffee

then begin to recall

things that you say

Pluck up the courage

and snap it’s gone again

I start humming “When Doves

Cry”

Can someone help me

I think that I’m

Lost here

Lost in a place

called

America