Everybody's talking bout Joe Frazier

Maybe it's because you're exactly
what everyone needs
and everybody has figured it out
too

Maybe it's because you'll sit alone
pleasantly warm
like two minutes old
pancakes
and don't desire more than that

Maybe it's because the sun could rise and fall
and all the air around you jump to life
like electrons before lightning
and you would continue
unaffected

You're so
unaffected

Like the ash in an ash tray
burnt out
smoldered
heaping gray dust

Like the sound of traffic never ceasing
and birds ever optimistic
sprinklers regular

Sack up and grow a pair
you said

Harsh

I woulda kissed that girl I swear
but I had other things on my mind maybe
and my heart wasn't in that fight

You're like a boxing coach
and I'm not much of a boxer
But I'm still glad
to have you in my corner of the ring
even if sometimes
it's you
I'm trying to square off with