December, January, and February— Copyright 1965-2008 by Dennis Gallagher —
Someday, perhaps, she’ll be by
wanting to settle into the patterns
of this life.
Until then, she can never ‘just see me’.
It always has to ‘mean’ something,
be something, go somewhere.
I’m sorry, Kathy.
With you I’ve never understood why
just love and friendship weren’t enough.
So today, once again, we part.
We drop our sexual magic
and this friendship that tried
to transcend the years
and the marriages and the lovers.
gallagher
19 Feb 86
raining in Irvine and Hawiian gardens
Archive for the ‘Places’ Category
1986-02-19
Wednesday, February 19th, 19861986-02-19
Wednesday, February 19th, 1986People won’t be with others— Copyright 1965-2008 by Dennis Gallagher —
unless the others can give them something
and yet we have a built-in need
to be with others that won’t let us rest
so we resist compromise and the terror of aloneness
at once
and tell ourselves so many
stories along the way.
gallagher
19 Feb 86 #2
1986-03-01 Weather low or…
Saturday, March 1st, 1986Weather low or…— Copyright 1965-2008 by Dennis Gallagher —
Hemmingway come to the wall
Dark gray afternoon
tight stomach, poised
against an indefinite moment
Here, from everything that’s gone before,
the music plays, the wheels turn.
I should find what I seek here
with my small companion
and memories of the masters
and these hours that wait
for my response.
gallagher
1 mar 86