POEM: on listening to Talking Heads

on listening to Talking Heads

and then we

                        we were

and the crowd made a

            but before that we were

the lights

                        the lights flashed

pushing against

then you said

                        and I laughed

CBGB do you see me

and I said

                        and you gasped

David tilted his head

            there’s something about a guitar

it was 1977

            and the buildings were on fire

1 February 2013
Auburn, AL