where were you?

where were you?

where were you when

i needed you?

i spilled some lima beans in my bed

and my wife shall gather them all to me

and i ask her

how many are these beans specifically

it will take her time

i spilled ketsup in my white shirt

and my wife will have to clean it for me

she will wash it

with soap and water and dry it in the sun

it will take her time

so, let me tell you i am thinking of you

while she picks the lima beans and counts them

in specific numbers

so let me tell you that i am thinking of you

when she washes my clothes and make them

all clean for me

so i will look like a decent man

let me tell frankly that i think of you while we make love

you are the bulb lighting in the darkness of my mind

i am so unkind

i am thinking of you

where were you when i needed you?

you are always in my mind.

that is your place, only in my mind

my wife is beside me.

she is concrete love to me.

your place is only in my mind

and you

cannot touch me.

like a cloud you will be here for the meantime

the right wind comes

and drifts you away

and you will no longer be in my mind

i guess things will turn out right

when the right wind comes along.

you are just a blue, ephemeral cloud.