i am fine now
and more so
(for your asking)
it bothers me
that i have lost
so many friends
if i should even
call them that
but i am much the poorer
for not keeping in touch
with those i have injured
or loved or thought i did
at this point it is of
little matter

i keep my wife happy
by taking my ‘happy’ pill
every night except
when i forget
and my memory comes
and goes at its will

and you who knew
me best at one age
would be astounded
by the happenings
between 17 and 25
and again between
38 and 45

but it all is less important
than between now and
when ever now ends
i look forward to little
for i need very little
something to write
with and on and
a mind to make
things up

if anyone including
my family wants
to know me
they need only ask
or find and read my words
on www.pathetic.org

i do wish you the best
and hope any dreams
you may have are fulfilled
i do recall Clyde and
think back to his leaving
sad but it has crossed
this mind from time to time
but i would have missed so much
the good and the bad
but it was all worth regardless
of how much pain
for good and bad
are all the same in the end
and,

"Lady, do not banish me
for digressions. My nature
is a quagmire of unresolved
confessions."

Robert Creeley
from “The Door”

lol gjh

07/17/2012