I made myself
up
(well
nice as I could)
and
held a sign:
“Would like to talk”
No one stopped
although
some
offered
money
which I gladly took
with
the
thought that
I could sit at a counter
get coffee
and
someone
there
would
talk
Hours
in
a man asked
what
I wanted to talk about
and
I said
“Just our heart beats
and
how
remarkable
it
is
we live and breathe…”
He chuckled
and
said
“The alternative is not preferred!”
then suggested
I
get
cleaned up
Granted
begging
is
a unique
way
to go about one’s day
But
I beg each of you
to
stop
and hear me
What I have to say
is that
our heart beats
are
part
of the endless clock
and
we
should nod
at each other
and we should
embrace
each other
and we should
take care of each other!
On the street
where
I
live
others mock me
“You and all that hooey about heart beats, get real man, you need a doctor, you need to be in a hospital, you need to shut up!”
At night
when
I peel away my costume
and
am revealed
to be an angel
everyone
is much
kinder
much
more
attentive
Angels don’t beg
but
humans are allowed to
So
I pretend to be him
and
beg
Beg
like you read here
Beseech
plead
Sometimes
though
sometimes
I think
it would be much better
if the sun spoke
If
the sun begged
I bet you’d listen then!
