Nickname

[Veronique]

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At some point,
"Frank" no longer fit
his six foot frame.

Perhaps the name
could not capture his size,
the glasses, circled

around his nose, or how his breath
navigates a silver plated flute.

So when Buck
drives me to a concert,
my thoughts turn to the signature

bound to his license,
where another identity
curves in ink like a contract

left on a table in a locked
and buried room, forgotten.

His wrists, unscathed
above a steering wheel,
draw me to my arms

where bonds rattle,
surface and sink.

**
Again I risk backflow by saying this 'feels' like a
poem. I say this for the reason some poems don't feel
like poems.

I taught poetry at the university level and I often
told a student named Sally, "Sally, this feels like
a poem!" Sally was happy and those in the class
applauded.

So I applaud this poem because it feels like a poem.
Maybe I don't 'get' the content as I would like (I'm
staving off dementia with heavy doses of Irish and
Texas Hold'em-- and writing nonesense)

But it's ok, this poem and my incomprehension.
V