Roy 2

I tapped his shoulder
and as he turned
someone else tapped
his other shoulder.
Too goddamned much
love in that room
to even say hello.

Roy

"You came!" the saxophonist said to me. "It's just a club gig."
"Weren't they once all club gigs?" I imagined saying to him. 
"No, " I imagined him responding. "I used to be in the circus."