The company I keep
The company I keep Includes poets. Odd individuals Who see the world sideways, Lurking in conversations, Waiting for the weird words, The unusual observations, And surreptitiously wrapping them In paper napkins To sneak them home. Best to keep your insights hidden Lest they pilfer those too And sell them to the world in a poem. A friend has been writing a poem a day and publishing on Facebook. At dinner last night he was asked if he'd written the day's poem. "I'll do it later" he said, "hopefully someone will say something that will give me inspiration".