XC.

reading old poems again
old poems to you
old things he'll never read

again. here.

no words
for the way you bring things full circle
on the day that lightning struck
it's two years old
and he says
he says

that it's like michigan

i thank you for letting me in
i thank you for letting me walk beside
i pray that you protect my heart
i pray simple desperate things
i wonder what capote prayed

and the professor says
"you're something special" -