EARLY EVENING, ISLINGTON

I want everything
I have nothing
I will negotiate

I quote this unabridged
from the final stanza of a poem
by Klipschutz called america

who is a San Francisco poet and songwriter
for the Living Wrecks. Klipschutz
is a penname for Kurt Lipschutz. You can
find music from the Living Wrecks
on Apple, Spotify, the Soundcloud
and Amazon. It’s a kind of rock

Cacophonous. I don’t believe knowledge
of this improves the stanza one iota
but I felt duty bound to give Kurt credit

This is why God will never agree
to meet with me
for a drink, early evening

Islington

The woman took me to the bar
where God was meant to be
and the ceiling was decorated by dangling
female undergarments, some donated
ironically and others, more seriously

Most worn and washed. Some fetish

How are you meant to know, I asked
when love is being serious or ironic?

Steven Taylor

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