Day 15 of 30

FOR BROOK STEPHENSON

there was that time i told you

you were doing God’s work

remember that

and i don’t know why i said that

i mean i don’t know where it came from

i mean i don’t know what God got planned

or what work he working on

but i knew i had to tell you

something because something

was changing me

this thing you were doing

were being

was changing me

like a new sweater worn beneath the skin

like the ability to feel hair growing

like hearing the story behind the story

you a story

on top of a story

on top of a story

a Detroit skyscraper

with enough room

for all us

a brooklyn brownstone

still brown occupied

with no buzzer and no lock

and a worn-in couch for

a worn out friend

and these days i just be

so preoccupied

i can’t help it

i just be preoccupied

with where you came from

where you came from

and where you go

where you go

and what work you working on

now