In this time of need
ebbing
the feelings of mutual admiration
you and even
perhaps I
require
the essential sustenance of
over and above
the reality
of
over and above
the reality.
So I look to my friends
who in doing
what comes so naturally
to the skin
rub down
into
cravings for release
succour
a tenderness of thought, deed
indeed
a tenderness
Then I call it
those love songs