Better Man
Don’t ask him to do better next time,
you do better next time, better man,
Better man, where is my better man?
Fully groomed, and well meaning,
I’ve passed them on the street, the men
who I should have been meeting, perhaps
at the library or for coffee on the veranda,
but I always was attracted to men in torn
shirts, or trousers too short or some other
such indication of need or neglect.
Maybe we’ll find our level some day,
be friends in a certain way at certain
times, funerals and holidays, perhaps.
Maybe we’ll do better next time, reach
a certain level of benevolent respect.
Maybe we’ll do exactly as we’ve done,
flounder about with a feeling, a fishy
feeling, not much more or less, not
bad, but not better. I can do better
though I can’t ask him to do better.
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