if there is a thirty-first – 10/1/12

10/1/12 12:04am – 8/1/13 11:54pm

if there is a thirty-first

if there is a thirty-first
then the month is still not through
but if i’ve got it reversed
then i don’t know what i’ll do

there’s a saying that teaches you
about april, june, and november
the second part i wish i knew
if thirty days i can’t remember

& something about past september
that my head could never get through
if only this month was december
i’d know whether the rent was due

i lost the paddle, but kept the canoe
by holding onto the sayings verse
what is the point without its point to
tell me if there is a thirty-first?