A Few Minutes in May

more than once my
judgment of people worries
at importance of poker nights
buccaneers of free speech
the ascendants in my dream
claim presidency & move on
to ghost write new horrors
for the crown & new england
& i remain busy
a compulsive at his garden watering
all night to the faithless who
make the calls or disavow the system
marked by promises when
we’ve stopped taking promises