The Beatles

What can I say?

What can I do?

Swirling the maelstrom

of an inside-out pop song.

What should I think?

What do I feel?

Love, lurv, luv!

Switch on the amp,

no place to hide,

speakers thump, thump;

I’m satisfied.

North Star

North star

takes a ship home,

like a word

steers a mob

toward sense.

But stop!

cartels are bad

in a modern economy

and spies are searching

for any uprising.

Best to read the labels;

believe in headlines,

sell-by dates

until you open a door,

break into the courtyard

of your own little starlight reality.

Unos

We play the card game UNO

with Andrew:

UNO meaning ‘one’;

a card alone – the ‘last one’

but he has never voiced that word

out loud

saying UNOS – meaning ‘we’

from his first game

absolutely

consistently

and, if like him, you rely on mates

to get you through today

(as you do)

wouldn’t you?

Miracle

Outside a church, one

kitten with a blinded eye

spits on its paw, rubs.