POOR MELO

is at the end
of his career;
it was good,
but it's about over
and that is sad
for any spotlight
that once blinded
but now dims
& soon poof, gone.
What's almost
as bad
is La La
his love
has split,
poof, gone.
Though I really can't
blame her--
Oklahoma hasn't got
one nail salon
to its name.

Norman Savage
Greenwich Village, 2018