I was so overjoyed
to receive your card today
that I ran off
to tell a seagull
that was sunning himself
on the beach
that my love did write
joy joy joy
But he just looked
at me
in a puzzled way
like a rose does when a minstrel
Is wooing it
In front of the queen
Terrell summer 1972 Montauk Point Long Island New York
About Dr. Terrell Neuage
Dr. Terrell Neuage, (dual citizen USA/Australia) is a South Australian poet, writer, and digital artist known for his evocative poetry and extensive research on conversational analysis in chatrooms. His best-selling autobiographies, Leaving America (Before the After) & Leaving Australia – exploring life as a hippie, brother in a California Cult (Holy Order of MANS) as Brother Terrell Adsit, Astrolger (40-years) to non-believer, and adventurers in Australia, single parent, tofu manufacturer/street artist, China, the USA & fifty+ other countries. From high school drop out at age 16, back to school at age 44 to PhD at 58.