For Laurie, and Her Runaway Hitchhiker Hat

from the time u remembered our voices

instead of those repeated syllables and enunciations,

i have figured out ways to syncopate inside time

they came from every proposition youd slap together

and evolved into something more than habits

ontop of censored decisions

then let us hope to someday fall across more spontaneous melodies

that i might sweetly play

them all

for you

4/13/70