“are you going to bed or do you have a minute?”

Set to the tune of “Natural Anthem” by The Postal Service

Second exercise, first experiment of the May 28th, 2023 poetry workshop I led, where we were asked to expand a text message into a poem.

I have a premonition

that you might be logging off

please just stay a little moment

the night’s taken my friends

Our future is uncertain

my mind’s not spinning down

i could us a calming voice

just one soul sticking around

I’ll make it worth your while

ask you about your day

I just need a hand to hold

to tell me I’ll be o-kay