1989-02-22

Some debts need to be cleared
tonight I looked at some poems
that I’d missed in Rose’s poetry compilation
from a few years back.

And I found the first one I ever wrote about her
and the last one that ended and summed us.
And I felt all those years between
when the moonlite crossed Chris’ face in 86.

Now she’s married and pregnant and we’re easy friends
and I want to give her these things
to say ‘thank you, bless you, Rose.’
the best to you, whom I loved so long.

gallagher
22 feb 89
San Juan Capistrano

— Copyright 1965-2008 by Dennis Gallagher —

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