ON A SINGLE WORD

ON A SINGLE WORD

wrote sent a poem
to you, both
id and ego

poem full of instant
instinctual gratification
and
     boost to overweening sense
of self

the superego
    though
              finding indiscretion
taking execption
finding fault

might rip the text out of
your sweaty palm
tear it to
    censorious shreds

before your eyes
do alight
       on a single word

SLIP

SLIP

sorry

I was writing this poem

and my pen
slipped

the text
spilled

       all over
the place

ruining our
time together

wrecking our date

feel I need
to underline, bold font,
how
   regretful it all
is

how embarrassed I feel

took out my
      pen to write these words

construct
     an apology

and the damn pen as
pens do
       went all Derrida on me