Felt Cover

THE FELT COVER

IT CAME WRAPPED
IN PLAIN BROWN
PAPER:
A GIFT FROM
A FRIEND,
A MAN WHO
GOES
WAY BACK
WITH ME
AND CAN SEE
THE PATH I TAKE
ALONG THE MILES
OF LIFE,
HE HANDED IT
OVER WITH A
QUIET COMMENT
ABOUT
HELPING OUT,
BEING A PATRON
OF A POET
WHO IS CLINGING
TO THE CREATIVE
SCHEME
WHILE WALKING
DOGS
AND CATCHING
FROGS ALONG
THE LOS ANGELES
RIVER,
HE IS A GIVER
OF KINDNESS
AND BOUGHT
FOUR BOOKS
JUST TO
“COME ABOUT”
THERE IS NO
DOUBT
ABOUT HIS
INTENTIONS,
THEY ARE PURE
AND SURE TO
CATCH MY
ATTENTION,
AFTER I DISPLAY
MY DREAMY
COVER ART
YOU CAN TELL
US APART:
THE L.A. WRITER
AND ME,
SHE WHO LOVES
GIRLS
AND SWIRLS IN
THE DREAM OF
VAST SUCCESS

AND THE MISTRESS
OF MONTEREY
WHO HAS CHOSEN
A DIFFERENT
WAY
BUT WHAT
WE SHARE
IS THE
SWEET PINCH
OF A LINE
OR TWO,
(JUST FOR YOU)
SHE GIVES
ONE LITTLE
IDEA ON THE
PAGE,
A FEW
WORDS
AND I HAVE
COMPLETED
FORTY
CHAPTERS
AWAITING THE
SECOND DRAFT,
ARE WE BOTH
A LITTLE
DAFT,
OR JUST THE
NEWEST VERSION
OF THE KINGS
FOOL,
THE WONDERFUL
TOOLS
SUPPORTED BY
THE COURTIERS
AND DANCING
IN A STREAM
MOSTLY
IN OUR HEADS,
IT DOESN’T
HURT
TO BELIEVE,
SO DREAM ON
LITTLE BOOK
WITH THE
FELT COVER,
YOU AND I
HAVE BECOME
TRUE LOVERS.

©J.W. WINSLOW 11/1/17