A MAN AND A WORD by Suzy Devere

been listening to poets read words detached from me
alliteration
rhyme schemes and
meters

i'm a simple girl
after all these years and all i want
is a word
like a man
to yell
in no fancy way

I WANT YOU

all I want is a man
like a word
to yell

I WANT YOU

all I want
is a man
and a word

to stay

where I can
hold them
hear them
be near them
both

again