Stephen’s everyone's friend.
Stephen looks like Rob Halford, but it's ironic -
his sociology friends laugh; Stephen - eating lentils
so everyone knows how right-on he is.
Stephen dated Amanda - it didn't last, but no-one's bitter -
Stephen’s everyone's friend. He told me call up tonight -
I even brought blank cassettes
so he could rip some Devendra Banhart for me.
Who the fuck is Devendra Banhart? I think.
The dead weight fog of cannabis
and pseudo-intellectual chatter warns me
from his door. I leave his illusion behind me
after knock number three; I go home and listen to Cedar Walton
John Doyle became a Mod again in the summer of 2017 to fight off his impending mid-life crisis; whether this has been a success remains to be seen. He has has two collections published to date, A Stirring at Dusk in 2017, and Songs for Boys Called Wendell Gomez in 2018, both on PSKI's Porch.
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