Obsessions

blue stop friend drink
limping water bus strangers
red daylight green rain
someone said they saw me
limping. I denied it
but when I thought about it
one leg was shorter than the other
especially when I crossed them
I sat at the bus stop and
looked across the street, daydreaming
through the plate glass but
the window was too far away
to see clearly
out of the blue
this man walks up and
don’t sit down.
warning: blue loves women and
women break his heart but
the man don’t cry much
he drinks and walks
the streets talks to
strangers with legs like
a gimp-legged god famous for his tricks
at the bus stop sunshine or rain
daylight or moonlight
blue talks to a stranger who asks him
what are you drinking
he answers after the rest
get on the bus
and smiles a smile which
I can see quite clearly
blue bull
I walk on mismatched legs
I catch the bus

Hermine Pinson