Before class
I saw a look I never saw before today...
on the face of a man
who was pumping the heart of another man
who probably wasn't going to make it.
Sadness there, self consciousness,
the chill of the ultimate reality,
they all blended on his features
for the amusement of the gathered crowd
so tired of T.V.
Gallagher
02 Oct 73
— Copyright 1965-2008 by Dennis Gallagher —