at home   working   a

knock

on the door   tom comes up   

i'm at my desk   he sits

on the bed   

i'm listening to elston

gunn   he picks up

my guitar

plays a jorma kaukonen

song   tom   like me

is living

the gay way   guys guys   

girls girls   that's how it

works out

we could try it on   but

don't   i can't imagine   it   

but now

as i write it down   i am

imagining   it   i can't

make it work

am i on my back or knees   

but we don't   we talk   he plays

i wonder

why is he here   i think 

he wants to try it on

i wonder   

why me   a kind of love   maybe 

~

linear   life is   here to there

zoom

get up   go   go some more

go to bed   repeat 

no curvature

in the process   no more

than the tracks    the tunnel

and glory be

oh   but the day   surely

that is 'round about   circular   

'round and 'round

get paid   go 'round and 'round

get nowhere   fling bits of accomplishment

mean nothing

no thing at all   pay the rent

buy coffee   linear

circular 

keats on the green   chin on hand

no   the epitome of mundane

unhappy   

but for love   she says   gotta love