Rush Home

rush home
  in
the afternoon
out of breath
 stop
catch it   hold it
 calm down
up the stairs
  use your key
    use your hidden message
walk in
  no one home
  well
who's home at 4pm anymore
  no one
not now anyway
walk back outside
walking slow
  caution
thrown in the wind
back to the bar
for an hour
till six
rush home
no...not me.

r.p.leith
7/21/81