SO NICE OF YOU

For A...


to drop by
& be victimized;
to let me
have my way;
to call
the shots.
We know,
of course,
the gun
belongs
to you.
And I
thank you
for
letting me
hold it
& hold on
& sometimes
borrow it.
Yes,
here it is
back--
handle first.

Norman Savage
Greenwich Village, 2016