Don’t Try This at Home

People say horrible things
about Morrissey,

or they used to.
I’m not sure

whether he’s discussed
much at all anymore.

Here’s the thing, though:
He writes lyrics

upon lyrics
upon Stratford-Upon-Avon

lyrics that make even
Michael Stipe cry.

That’s not an easy thing to do
and, certainly,

not something
you want to try at home.

“Nature’s a language.
Can’t you read?”

–January 26, 2018