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1984-01-30 Kathy M. IV

Monday, January 30th, 1984 

                       Kathy M. IV
         Engraved like stuben glass, her face
           against the sunlight … telling me no
         she wasn’t confused about how she felt
           about me
         about her marriage and her life, yes…
           but about me, … no ….
         I could have wished it otherwise
           my emptiness told me
         but I came here for the truth
           either way … to feel it,
              to embrace it.
         Even now I want to run and say, ‘stay’,
           that I can be JUST friends
         share smiles and lunches and friendship
           endure for the magic of your smiles
              and the candor of your spirit.
         But why say this …
           the sight of her will be enough
         to unmoor me in the days to come
           when against all feeling I’ll ignore her
              and against all reason, … fail.
                           gallagher
                           30 jun 84
                           Irvine

— Copyright 1965-2008 by Dennis Gallagher —

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1984-01-31

Tuesday, January 31st, 1984 

      This evening waits against my empty heart.
      It’s come to rest…  footsteps die away.
      Motors drone and light bulbs blaze of ice.
      I’m alone and all up against myself.
      The silence claws, begs me… for relief.
      A letter’s started, dies, for nothing’s brief.
      I willed to face it, the neon aching time,
      without distractions, to edge up to some line.
                              gallagher
                              31 jan 84
                              irvine

— Copyright 1965-2008 by Dennis Gallagher —

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