Frank Adams’ most recent poem to appear here was “In This Room” (January 2017)

RSVP
By Frank Adams

Thank you
for the invitation
to your party.
I would love to come,
but I disappear at parties.
I don’t know what to say
or what to do. The walls
close in on me. I look
for the first moment
to get my coat and leave.
So, thank you for the invitation,
but I am unable to attend.