LONGING FOR SHORTY

Buns out of the freezer
Put 'em back in
No one here for dinner
she won' be back agin
Put down the ramen
Pick up a pin
and write
ooooooooooooooo
­Shorty, where you bin?

Memories of springtime
the park in tennessee
Saw you in the Primate House
by the chimpanzee
You couldn't ride the Avalanche
You were 4'3”
I tried...
ooooooooooooooo
to get you to notice me.

Buns out of the freezer
waiting to begin­
Lovesongs and negotiations
on the radio agin.
Summer come and gone
Autumn setting in.
long nights
ooooooooooooooo
Long nights are my old friends.


Nothin on the e-mail
Nothin on TV
Nothin out the window
Nothin new to see
Nothin like a healing word, but
Nothin comes to me
I write
ooooooooooooooo
Shorty, remember me.