47 - I just wrote this.

I'm thinking of
the generation
of fathers of
my generation
of sons.

They listened
in their heads
to their own fathers,
who were often
not there,

more than they
could ever listen
in their own lives
to their own sons
who were.

46 While Dozing on the Train to Wasaic

~

Altered states

frighten me:

sleep, dreams, love,

The After Life

;

There's also

a sweetness,

kindness of

a kindest kind

;

When I wake up,

almost fall asleep;

that something else

I feel, I like

Facing Otherwise - With Gratefulness To Jane Kenyon

I got out of bed
and thought of Jane
and her two strong legs
and her life and
her otherwise

I thought of the poet
who introduced me to Jane
a young woman I met
at a workshop, and dated
and then it was otherwise

I'm thinking of this screen
I'm blessed to be sitting here
sharing poetry with you
in my air conditioned bliss
One day it will be otherwise