SWEET, DARLING LUCILLE

BY JAY WELLER

 

I’M WRITING YOU NOW

SWEET, DARLING LUCILLE

YOU CAN’T EVEN PRETEND

WHAT’S FALSE AND WHAT’S REAL

 

YOU LIKE DRAGONS

AND GHOSTS

DIG THE BEATLES

A SLOW MOTION JAM

PIGGYS THAT SQUEAL

 

YOU MAKE STRANGE, RANDOM POSTS

AGAINST FACT AND SENTIENT

THEN HIDE WITH YOUR GHOSTS

THAT DWELL IN YOUR RESIDENCE

 

AND I WONDER AWOKE

SWEET, DARLING LUCILLE

IS IT YOU, THAT I KNOW

WAS NEVER REAL?