Yours Regrettably from ALIENATHAN by Nathan Evans

Wrote a letter this morning:
another 'Dear Sir or Madam', another 'Yours Sincerely'
but beneath polite phrases and word-processed pages
was scrawled a big 'help me'.

I don't know what 'yes' means
'cause no one's ever said it to me.
Only know what 'no' means
and 'sorry', 'maybe', 'unfortunately'.

Posted a letter this morning—
another stamp, another twenty 'p'—
and, as I posted it, I looked up to the sky
hoping to see hope there in big neon lights
but there was only clouds:
God was not at home.
Today, as every day, I am on my own.

I don't know what 'yes' means,
only know what 'no' means
and 'sorry', 'maybe', 'unfortunately',
'probably', 'possibly', 'regrettably'.

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