To a Boilerhouse Retrospective

there aint nothing

like a free hand, friend

a loose wrist or a vision

draped in blessedness

could not be compared

against the frames and staples

in a boilerhouse which

will stand still, if for a day.





there will be a ribbon-

separation where we will

congregate - us and them,

the ones who looked towards

the trees, but missed out

on the blossoms - and

it will be, as it has always

been, less one.





there may be sadness, yes

of the type kids feel

when their kite takes flight,

but mostly love,

thankfulness, goodwill

and your happiness

which we always knew

at home, at last.

Author's Notes/Comments: 

For JC Dick
(1923-03)

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