Likeness

He can do anything, reference a class of fighter,

Disassemble and reassemble cars,

Pack an audience, march through Siberia,

Keep them all guessing, make black sound whiter,

Mastermind headlines, get ten thousand Likes,

Infuse all futures with his proud likeness.

His Likeness, they say, has excess wellness,

Before he speaks please soundcheck the mikes.

What he cannot do is hear what you say,

Say no, or ignore the smell of money,

Remember to ask or how to say sorry,

Count the cost, notice human boundaries,

Put out the fires, slow down softened ice,

Pull up the bitumen, rain on dry glaze.