The meetings, so important.

They come in two’s and pairs.

To speak in rhymes in torrent.

Spreading hope, and no one cares.

Except Karen, who’s going solo.

Secretly despises chairman Jim.

She saw him at Club Soho.

Years ago, ignored by him.

So much drama and then silence.

To make the pain frame into word.

And in a perfect stream of violence.

Where tears of laughter are absurd.

Slim left, but he stayed sober.

More or less for reasons spite.

It’s not that they were all so wrong.

It’s just so weird to be that right.