<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=460349" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>0002 Lonely Dropped Me A Word</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">lonely<br>dropped a word to me today</div><div style="margin:10px 0">said</div><div style="margin:10px 0">you wrote a poem about me thanks<br>yesterday so<br>I wanted to explain myself</div><div style="margin:10px 0">especially as they’re discussing me right now<br>in academic though wobbly drawn circles</div><div style="margin:10px 0">the older guys say I’m a Concept<br>and therefore existed<br>before Shakespeare found a name for me, while<br>the younger guys<br>the So-Sures and the Deriders<br>say I’m merely a Signifier with<br>an uneasy relationship<br>with a Signified or<br>if you’re into that sort of abstruse joke, <br>a Significant Other</div><div style="margin:10px 0">deep in myself<br>I’m One; that is, <br>an individual in one sense<br>but Everything, All One, in another theological<br>or philosophical or ontological sense<br>which feels pretty good, <br>a One without a Second<br>say the gurus</div><div style="margin:10px 0">to illustrate my point<br>I’m writing this on the pommel of my saddle<br>riding the range out here where men are men<br>and no-one mentions that film; <br>Nashville on my i-pod, <br>Lonesome himself, <br>my chosen state of states, <br>the Iconic All-American<br>free as a wild mustang in the hills</div><div style="margin:10px 0">though sometimes I’m just <br>Lonely<br>waiting for that ride into town and<br>the bar where everyone knows my name<br>and the barmaid says she waits for me alone<br>if it’s the third Thursday in the month</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Lonesome. Lonely. Close.<br>That’s the West for you.<br>And someOne has to do the job.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">* * *</div><div style="margin:10px 0">(For Will the poet and Will the barber with thanks)</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Michael+Shepherd">Michael Shepherd</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=460349" data-title="0002 Lonely Dropped Me A Word de Michael Shepherd" data-description="lonely dropped a word to me today said you wrote a poem about me thanks yesterday so I wanted to explain myself especially as they’re discussing me right now in academic though wobbly drawn circles the older guys say I’m a Concept and ther..."></div> </div> </div>

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