I Think...(+3)

I remember art deco things,

 I remember peaches and wine

 

I remember sirens in the night,

 I remember waving goodbye

 

I remember the boardwalk on a cloudy day,

 I remember an elephant in pink

 

I remember the fire engine returning

 I remember my father—I think

 

(Villanova Pennsylvania: April, 2017)

    ‘Memories of Margate during the Korean War’

 

 

 

Can You Rage

 

Can you paint the picture

brushless

 

Can you sing the words

while mute

 

Can you dance the lone

fandango

 

Can you rage

—beyond your youth

 

(Villanova Pennsylvania: April, 2017)

 

 

 

 

Those Moments

 

Is the end something different

than goodbye

 

Can death extinguish doubt,

beyond all questions why

 

Is the melody in parts,

forever sung in vain

 

Are those moments once infusive

—now breezes through the rain

 

(Villanova Pennsylvania: April, 2017)

 

 

 

I'm Gone

 

All those years,

you didn’t hear me

 

All those years,

you seemed so sure

 

All those days,

you laughed it off

 

All those nights,

I wanted more

 

All those lies,

that dug our gravesite

 

All those tears,

with feeling gone

 

Now at last

my closet’s empty

 

Love fell short

—I stayed too long

 

(Villanova Pennsylvania: April, 2017)