give me a minute

give me a minute

 the past is the cuckoo 

that defenestrates the present

the yesteryear 

that nudges yesterday 

even a moment ago

out of the nest 

of just a minute

give me a minute

that lasts a lifetime’s last moment

just a jest a minute

the incubus of expectation 

of friends’ concern

when all you want to do

if forget that you have forgotten 

remember that