THE EBB & FLOW

of obsessions
are interesting
to observe
in others
& the self.
What draws one
compulsively
into a web
of repetition
is sticky
indeed.

For instance:
I've noticed
a lot of hits
on this blog
from Portugal
lately,
too many
to ignore,
& too many
for even me
to believe
that there
are lovers
for my work
in this country
I know nothing of
and know no one
who knows anything
of me.

There must be someone
with unsettled blood,
someone who's
bleeding,
someone whose cut
runs deep,
very deep.

Norman Savage
Greenwich Village, 2015