you were
important
because
you played music
silver hair
amongst the gold

heard you swear
felt your love
and anger

we come from somewhere
go nowhere
never to return

must be
hard to take
difficult
to swallow

time
4-3-2-
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jerk off poems
about nothing
ever been sad
ever been happy

called
said
found your body
remember crying

it was nice today
not really

hope you
went to church today
and
had yourself
a really good
prayer

before movies
what
did people do

before television
weren’t you lonely

before cars
did you walk

before libraries where
did the homeless sleep

before dinosaurs were
there people made
from mud

before wireless did
you really use a cable

before matches
how
did you light a cigarette
or a candle

today will
only
watch the
hummingbirds
fly
within the mystery
and grace

of the course
and things change
means leaving

always locked
magical embrace
fighting

alone with the water
and clouds

the rocks we found
at the lakeshore

the lighthouse
haunted
with the ghosts

walks the pup
in silence
gets answers
from the wind

such as
i love you
every
other
second

must
keep the house
clean
and
i feel like
shitting
on the floor

as
we move in
silence
a eunuch
licking his
lips
dry
with
a different
sense of justice
pollyanna
on a mission

always waiting
right
on the corner

speak the truth
that
is all we will ever
ask

gone
i thought
that is
what we do

all alone now
like
never before

in the next room