In Their Company

I really am patient
most of the time

but there is a limit
to this waiting around

for a glimpse of my gang
who lit out
for greener pastures

Not that I begrudge them
a better deal
I just long to be
in their scruffy company again

even if they have tidied up their acts
become boring little saints

Notes

McDaniel, Wilma. (2001) Borrowed Coats. Hanging Loose Press, Brooklyn, New York.
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