Blue Note

"Bad habits? Baby, I've got two," the old guitarist said.
"The first is waking up. The second's getting out of bed."



To a Recidivist

Friend, “Black lives matter” shouldn’t be your cue
to voice that odd dismissal, “All lives do”:

you’re kinder keeping quiet if (again)
you can’t call up a clear, sincere “Amen.”



Exposure

What you're
eager to
believe may

say more
about you

than you'd
be eager
to admit.


Robert West

If you have any thoughts on these poems,  Robert West would be pleased to hear them.