“Earth to Gary” - May 26, 2025

at a very young age, I would

often drift off to places

more attractive than this one,

before others would play their

selfish trick and pull me back

with three words and a laugh

now I know it is the barrier

between thought and perfect

silence, a creative field of

ideas delivered to an empty

mind, the place where

inspiration is handed out

so please don’t bother me

if you sense I’m daydreaming

or my next poem might be

about self-centeredness

with abundant references

aimed at you