Tuesday, April 12, 2011

Reincarnation

for K

I'd like to come back as song,
(this song)
(any song)
inside you
and feel
as you sing
me...

Norman Savage
Greenwich Village, 2011

Sunday, April 10, 2011

I'VE ALWAYS SAT

near exits;
an easy escape
from myself
and other dangers.
A quick survey
is all I need
to size up
any scene
and its inherent
hostilities: too much
brain or
too much brawn;
I love my neighbor
with the same absence
of light
as I love myself:
skeptically,
impenetrably,
imperfectly,
while knowing
we are
capable
of anything.
And I'll always
take those odds.

Norman Savage
Greenwich Village, 2011