you are the street lighting
outside this very home
and,
i can only be in love with you
in the only way i know how

what is your secret
respectability
is fine
for the artiste
for societal cool

i can feel –
the presence,
but it is in the past
she fades,

what is enough
for modern generations
what will,
stop us feeling sick
cure our common cold

the woman
with a coat
who wants to be a grown up
but cannot float

you follow conformity
yet it has,
made them deeply
unhappy
and dependent on tablets

burst bubbles
cancel parades
rebel,
against the days
change the names on signs

i have often found that i am working –
in the department for happiness
it is a position –
i am ill equipped for