a love poem
(for d.a.)
as these lines
go down
a friend (the word fails)
dies a little
faster
last night gathered
there his place
a few of us
unable to tell him
what is done
during the waiting hours
between
talking getting nowhere
nowhere as he died
a lot
last night
my hand filled with words
that my mouth lost
him starving
one less painting
as we fitted it into the back seat
him talking all day night
day this evening still wide eyed talking
paranoia
love face body strangling on broken way
and us me one of the closest
even less able
now the ivy blows in the wind
across the city pacing talking to himself
a friend with brush and pen
listens to the same wind
and the notes
we play together
- Kent Taylor6/5/66
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