Daniel Patrick Roche- A Poem

A GOOD CONVERSATION

“A good conversation.”

A professional hears this

when volunteers or staff

attempt to justify

spending more

than five minutes

at a single door.

A good conversation

keeps you from completing your turf

for the sake of the desperately lonely

who will spend those extra minutes

with anyone including

the competition



Daniel Patrick Roche is a writer and organizer living in Northern California. He believes life is best lived dangerously and grown men should not wear shorts.