March 8, 2016

ANONYMITY

Teenage girls scream at the rock star - 

with the name  - with the albums - with 

the posters - with the glistening guitar -

but then the tune changes and the rock

star at some point wants to hide under

a rock and just be at home - alone -

without a name - incognito - hiding

in a t-shirt inside his house - and hiding

behind sunglasses on the street - while

the anonymous loner on the street longs

for someone - just one person to know

him or her and to say, “Hello. Hi. Are you

okay today? What's going on with you?
Want to take a walk? What to chat?

© Andy Costello, Reflections 2016