Tuesday, July 15, 2014

YAKETY YAK

I submit
Kate—you'll always

and forever be—

a prominent
powerful
and instantly

recognizable—
husky 
vocal lead.

But even
when it seems
like I'm back-
talking hopelessly—

know 
I'm merely—doing my best
to imitate

the cartoony
old 
saxophone bleating away—

really just 
to fill-
in
those 
gaps left—whenever!

you need a short
laugh 
or—more 

emphatically—
a good 

little rest.