for the lyric is like a fly

arriving out of plain sight

suddenly persistent, insisting

promise me baby you will let me know


for a gnat

vanishing not far

to who knows where

comes back sometimes

12 years later to finish a line


for lost dog answers to George

here boy or the merest nod - pat

on the thigh have you seen my


bride in wait for that ambling Jake

eye ever over shouldering

a stack of never dwindling blank pages

to live perhaps 2.3 billion seconds

is time to name all of the tree I loved

naming is better than ice cream

for life is lived longer in song

For

88 pages, Slight Publications





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