Modern Love
David Bowie looks better in his mug shot
than most of us do when we go out on the town.
Then again, he doesn’t believe in modern love
so maybe that helps. Or helped. Of course.
It puts my trust in God and man, he said.
I don’t particularly believe in either of those
but if it had to stake it all on one or the other
I’d give homo sapiens a better chance
of fixing the cracks in the wall, the holes in the dam,
of pushing back the darkness we’ve created.
Not a particularly good chance,
just a better one than God.
The song has changed on the radio.
Time has come today.
Nobody’s coming to help us.
And Dave has left the building.
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1 April 2026
Charlottesville VA
Day 1 of National Poetry Month 2026
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