12/26
Sonnets From Other Lives: Brian

--Now that’s the beigest dude I’ve ever seen;
khakis, camel coat & sandy hair--
Do you think he has a personality?
Brian would describe his underwear
if not distracted by somebody else.
Passersby will get identities
painted on them by Brian himself.
He’ll scan the room & lean over to me
with: Fo sho she’s getting some tonight—
them jeans are locked & loaded yessiree.
or That couple there is two drinks from a fight--
the table fairly reeks of jealousy.
I wonder sometimes if he can begin
to imagine what his friends all think of him.