Old Jim. by R.M. Engelhardt

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”

http://www.rmengelhardt.com