Because I respect your opinion
I am trying to like your favorite band.
So far
it is not going well.

There is nothing wrong with them,
per se.
They are all right in every way I can define
but
as I listen further
to these songs that
speak so deeply to you
I remain perplexed.
What makes you hear angels
when they seem so perfectly
ordinary?

The band is melodic.
The band is competent.
The band is pleasant
but their songs don’t sing to me
if you know what I mean.
I thought you might
since you’re capable of superimposing
such meaning onto their little singles
and labeling them as great.

I will keep listening
because I want to believe
because I hope to find some significance
because I respect your opinion
or at least your legs.