Carly Simon and clouds
in my coffee
take sips from the transit radio
of the train
I hopped on five minutes
ago
the seats of the train old
but refurbished like
someone’s grandma
went to town
had a field day
bleach up and down
side to side
side to side
my eyes dart
my eyes expecting
clouds
but no
clear skies the captain
says
I like this captain
he’s new so you know
the deliverance through
the storm
sounds fancy, right?
well, it is
fancy and fine
fine as frog’s hair
he says
I look down at yesterday’s
paper it speaks to me
read in the captain’s
voice the words
changing growing
disappearing appearing
rewritten
captain of the skies
clear as can be
wielder of the pen
the past unwritten.