19). Otherwise

modern poetry

I guess you're right,
Otherwise,                                                  
It's not the theme,
Changed out and thought out,
Conventional.          
We've introduced that we
Keep going.
Which is like love
When you're in it.
You end up having to be
The singer who gets picked.
That's what it lends itself to;          
You're no longer related.


"Otherwise," poem nineteen of "Lettersongs," unpublished work © 2008,
Lisa Page Weil.  All rights reserved.