Test Subject

My friend is a poet

which is to say

he is egocentric
half insane
and has no money.

He finds me at the bar
begs a drink and
sits down at my table.

He sips a bit
from a glass of whiskey

sets it down
hard upon the wood
and says,

I have decided
as soon as they finish
building that
suicide
fence on the
golden gate bridge
I will be the first
to try it out.

Either I'll be dead
or at least they'll know
the damn thing works.
He laughs
and quickly finishes
his drink

before the bartender
has the chance
to kick him out

for disturbing
the paying
customers.

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