"Love Poem" (for Josh) [by Greg Griffith]

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May 27, 2014

"Love Poem" (for Josh) [by Greg Griffith]

I hope your boyfriend
dumps you
around the same time I get famous.
While I am off blowing my MacArthur on deluxe espressos
and rent in the East Village.

I hope that my being famous brings this poem to you,
which is why I’ve written it, every poem.

-- Greg Griffith

Posted by The Best American Poetry on May 27, 2014 at 09:01 AM in Poems | Permalink

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I left it
on when I
left the house
for the pleasure
of coming back
ten hours later
to the greatness
of Teddy Wilson
"After You've Gone"
on the piano
in the corner
of the bedroom
as I enter
in the dark

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