good bye

rest well, bartleby.

from feb 5:

in the haze and bright light
of living
i never saw you
until
after i'd heard the news and the card
you sent
stuck on my refrigerator with a magnet
has been there for months
in the hope
that keeping it up
and looking at it every day
and noticing you
will keep you here

no going gently
i would prefer not to
lose you
before we ever met

wings

dear
take these wings and fly away
from this heavy place
may they bring you to tomorrow
heaven
nirvana
cairo
endlessness
your next life

take leave of your
savagely ravaged body
find refuge from your
undeserved frustration
the endless ramblings
of a television
for which you had no remote

words
your constant companion
and your gift to us
lift us up
like the precious budding wings
of your tender heart

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