Years ago
I heard
Old Jim
Harrison
Read at
The college
A sinner
Among
The saints
The kids
Had most
Likely only
Seen Legends
Of The Fall
With Brad Pitt
As the romantic
Lead
Jim
Told old
Stories
Some of
The kids
Laughed
But had
No idea
What the hell
He was talking
About & Jim
Seemed
A bit
Distracted
He read
A poem
And then
Suddenly
Stopped
In mid
Pause
Looked
Around
The room
And said
Intermission!
I need a fuckin smoke
Yer all welcome
To join me
So I did
Jim forgot
His lighter
And so I
Lit up his
Cigarette
With my
Zippo
And he nodded
His head
Looked at me
And said
You're a writer
Aren't you?
I nodded back
He smiled
And that
Was all the
Inspiration
I ever needed
Talon (R.M. Engelhardt) is a poet/author minister who over the last 20 years has been published in such journals as Thunder Sandwich, Full of Crow, Rusty Truck, Writers’ Resist, Dry Land Lit, Rye Whiskey Review, Hobo Camp Review & many others. He currently lives & writes in upstate NY where he hosts a monthly open mic called “The Troy Poetry Mission”
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