Friday, February 18, 2011

 

In Memoriam

James (Jimmy) Howard Dill: 1953-2011
El Paso, Texas.


The Goodbye


You almost lit the cigarette twice

but I forced my mouth shut.


Watching your every move,

I cleared my throat.


The smoke-filled room

provoked a last word in the silence



--Your chairs need oil.
The backscrews need tightening.




He nodded in Japanese fashion.

Trying to cushion the air,


I found no crisp, dead leaf

to rake moisture left from a choking sea.




Copyright (c) 1999 by Robert L. Giron.

From Metamorphosis of the Serpent God (1999, Gival Press) by Robert L. Giron. Printed online by permission.

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