I, I who have nothing

                Never reaching the end

                I, I who have no one

                Never meaning to send
              
              

                Adore you and want you so

                With these eyes before

                With nothing to give you but oh

                I can’t say any more
              
              

                Beauty I’ve always missed

                He, he brings you diamonds

                Just what the truth is

                Bright, sparkling diamonds
              
              

                But believe me, dear when I say

                What I’m going through

                He’ll never love you the way

                They can’t understand
              
              

                He can take you any place he wants

                They cannot defend

                Fancy clubs and restaurants

                Must be in the end

                Pressed up against the window pane
              
              

                Nights in bright diamonds

                I, I who have satin

                Never reaching no one

                I, I who have beauty
              
              

                Must watch you go dancing by

                With these eyes before

                I can’t say any more

                When darling it’s I who loves you
              
              
Doug Nufer is our Poet in Residence for May.