IN THEIR RIGHT MIND

saw you on
YOUTUBE being
interviewed

so many books
behind you
sign
and code
of the intellectual
man who
knows what
he is
talking about

pretty obligatory
or, as you yourself
might say: “de rigeur”

and here you spoke
seemingly not
in evasion
of any question

waxing waning
astute and erudite
occasionally lyrical slash
satirical

and me here
     wondering how
you get
   these gigs, how you
are always
the person to go to
person
     for on point comment

whilst nobody
in their right mind
would ever
come here for a poem

Published by Damian Garside