FOR ANOTHER DAY

FOR ANOTHER DAY

never
want this poem to end

can swallow itself
carry on forever

this moment too
between us
             could hang around
a bit longer

but even as
    those words escaped

I noticed
you were on your way
alles klaar;
finished already

no way
    to call you back
nothing I can do
to induce
you to return
to me

induce, seduce,
reduce, produce

looking
   for the right Latin
verb to
Roman road your
ass
   home to me

who
am sadly
   so ghostly-voiced
long dead already

were
   this not the case

were all
up and running, this
on the fly
   a text I might change

be
   your agent
active

tear up

      this mess

write you one to replace
close to the bone
closer to
home

for another day;
made to measure