took a day off
took a week

went para sailing

took time off to learn
how
to make a napoleon
it was tasty

then went back to work
now
at work

where nothing
is
nothing

so the next time
you are
on vacation
think of me

lying by the
type writer

working

on making
all of this
better

so do that

should the writer be afraid of words.the fire people afraid of water,the junk bond dealer afraid of money.
does the electrician fear for life around electricity.
do pilots wave at flying objects,does the coroner smoke or drink.does the farmer grow pot,does the doctor drink green tea.what does the preacher say to jesus.
meeting buddha under the tree.
did you pay to go to college,did you study music.said you would pay good money to be an adult.all the while,the earth is turning,day is night,dreams of sleeping.just to dream.time to come and go.andy without 15 minutes or art.
you were fishing battery park.why?must not have known about the fish,going home to eat them.
should the mechanic be afraid of motors, the golfer fear the club or ball.who makes the gasoline.
the chef is working arby’s,the simpsons moved in down the street.it is nice here,they pick up the garbage
everyday.
should the astronomer fear space or the arms dealer.
just put sugar on everything.
there is a window.

care giver.when i was a care giver,i gave care.as a care giver,you spend time with someone who is sick and likely passing.it is helpless,it is madness.
words become useless.time became useless.work was a holiday,when you would drive me.
slowly,you would no longer drive.
by the time you knew it was over.
and today i wonder.
lucky enough to be here,to be a care giver.we find what we need and seldom it is what we want.all there in a frozen moment.the days were filled with air and hope.what you would find useless,less to less.gone,replaced by a different kind of air.
hope you do not go thru the same shit that you went thru here.that somehow,the design is different.intelligent.that we understand health and healing.does your soul need soothing.
a guilt free bakery,a hospital that works.a worry free new year,however functioning equality.
the same shit is still here.the same useless words,their mixed up meaning.
here you would be a baby.

leaving here for
outer space

left
you
a note on
the refrigerator

so
when you get
up and
grab the cream
you can read
it
if you want

while
you pet the cat

miss you
because
i know
you
are not here
anymore

making me
sad

on a sojourn
all along
just
never knew

busy
vast amount of
debt
owned
by a financial
institution

life is fucking
difficult
when laughing appears
impossible

busy
on a sojourn
watching
the leaf fall

never new
waiting
for the rest

maybe
there was more
maybe not

this is it
this high
rise apartment
overlooking
the sunrise

did not go
to harvard
did not even
go
to grammar
school

mom
gave me a
dictionary
said
“here,go learn
about words”

a professional
professor
fuck you
so i learned
how
to kick
a
can

enter tomorrow

could not imagine
being happier
having waited
surrounded by
isolation
hours spent
days
turning on the sink
glass with
ice
in hand

thanks leon
because
without you
none of this
would
have ever
happened