Andrew Johnston

That's the boy, she'll say,
that's the boy in you—

sitting on some bench, or beach,
gazing into the same

maddening distance. It's
the boy in her, she says,

that likes the girl in you. Ah, to be
a person, that's hard

enough. Sleep now. Get some sleep,
that's the boy.

"Bravo (for Oscar)"
© Andrew Johnston
from Turbine 7