who even reads orpheus

a lyrebird can hear a sound once

and repeat it for ever after

when my hand touches a lyre it makes

a soft trilling noise, like a lost ghost

and i get laughed out of parties.


i will take my lyre

to the nearest open field

and sit and play my own made-up notes

and i will think about you very hard

because i have a theory

that if you think hard enough about someone

eventually they will think of you, too