subtext

I keep talking conscious that I’m talking

and people listen but I’m uneasy

but keep talking and I apologize

but keep talking despite my avowal

I just have one more thing to say I think

yet another thought lines up to fall out

of my mouth like water from a drain spout

so I keep talking not knowing how to stop

other than to stop but that’s so abrupt

so I keep talking hoping that somewhere

in this mass some sense of truth will emerge

yet not sure why these people still listen

or what they could possibly glean from me

I keep talking toward some new redemption

(April 2013)