20-11-22
Do you mind if I borrow you’re sweatsuit?
There’s a link to the salute
On repeat
You gotta open the door,
at least keep it unlocked
During the day
We’ve come in and out
Leaves to rake and such
Garden’s coming back
Like a promise
like a debt
Keep the wood from getting wet
Move your feet before the concrete sets
The sun is hiding behind a cloud
Obvious and pointed
Listening but feeling
Are your even out there at this point?
But you clearly helped
And again after that
You’d been through it
Or something like it
It takes awhile to get your feet on the ground
But once the violin’s repaired
And the sheet music’s by the door
The nightmares
The effort to remember
To get the sequence down
To play it right
Will recede
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smile too
Don’t look down
You know what you’re doing
You know your part
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Don’t mind the coup
Current events have no place
In the stillness
Of history
So obvious afterward
Nothing can help me
No quote
No pic
That’s the nature of loss
I wasn’t even there
For my own friend’s hand in hand
With his wife
On that day
His friends will rally
To their own degree
The plague is cruel
And frustrating to the core
I just want to see him
And bring him home
I can’t even talk to the doctor
Maybe you can help
You’re one of them
At least you’re groomed.
A hanky by your lapel
Stand firm in the face of
the march