the one I am writing

the one I am writing
is always better
than the one before
always better
when Dennis Kucinich
is in the cafe
or maybe
it's the presence
of his lovely wife
that makes it that way
towering, with long, red hair
simple blue and white
tight dress
step on me
or maybe it's because
I am no longer fettered
by the false hope
that bites into the place
where my carotid pumps
imperceptible from the surface
or maybe I'm nervous
and writing is the new diaper
I wear to hold in all the crap
the pampers I present to you
with their clean white veneer