Monday, October 28, 2019

orangutan


by nick nelson



sometimes i wish i was an orangutan
eating peanut butter cookies on a cloudy day

no one would pay me no mind
and i could wait for night to fall

and for the stars to come out
except that they don’t any more, do they?

it is always dark at night now
nobody dances in the shadows

but maybe i just don’t see them
concentrating as i am

on eating my peanut butter cookie
and wondering if it is going to rain

i have a lot of thoughts
these are just some of them

would you like to hear
some more of my thoughts?

that’s all right
you don’t have to pretend