12). He's Earlier

modern poetry

He and I are, too.
In the book;
We haven't written about any character changed.
I'd like to think he was solitary.
People don't want to believe him.
Which is half true.
He was partly solitary,
But he's not very insular.


We can't find any good songs.
He's not the same.
He's earlier.
He wanted to be on his own.
I guess, a novel is a novel.


"He's Earlier," poem twelve of "Lettersongs," unpublished work © 2008,
Lisa Page Weil.  All rights reserved.