Work

 My proposal was important

(had to be there tomorrow)

lots of kudos hanging off;

reputation, dollar, sweeter promise

and words poured out from fingertips

to keyboard-taps, heart of laptop,

blah, qwerty, blah,

until an old traveler

sat down, took off his hat

as a youth’s rucksack turned and caught

him on a grizzled head. I smiled

‘it’s all about awareness’ I suggested

‘yes, I never saw this train so crowded’

and off we go into hello;

hello my newborn friend,

before goodbye – we try – our best – and fly.