YOU’RE NOT SUPPOSED TO BE HERE

You’re not supposed to be here

Not supposed to be looking for me

This is the poor side of silence

This is the white noise

of the abandoned appliance

This is The Captivity

You need details

You need the name of a street

You’re not supposed to be here

in the Name of G-d

You’re waiting for me again

Waiting at the mouth

of the Tunnel of Love

But where is the cold little river

Where is the painted boat

If only the hummingbird

would sip at your desire

If only the green leaves

could use your longing

If only a woman were looking

over your shoulder

at a map of the Eternal City

It seems that nothing can take you away

from this odd memorial

Nothing that’s been made or born

separate you from

the fiction of my absence

All the Messiahs are with me in this

You’re not supposed to be here

All the Messiahs agree

You’re not supposed to be looking for me