My family’s wound envelopes me.— Copyright 1965-2008 by Dennis Gallagher —
I feel Danny’s need … as I remember my own years …
in lucid moments between the running days I remember him
and wonder how I can feel so strongly
and do so little for love.
Everyone seems to live simpler lives than I
rootless man living off many lives
and not having one of my own to share or claim
I wait for history’s wheels to spew me out
frantically waiting on Godot and wisdom to find me…
… spoiled child … karmic wastrel
Five minutes with Rose on the phone in anger
and my family’s wound envelopes me….
gallagher
15 nov 78
Archive for the ‘1978’ Category
1978-11-15
Wednesday, November 15th, 19781978-11-25 To the Irishman
Saturday, November 25th, 1978 To the Irishman
In you
I see green
When I'm with you
Evergreen on the stereo
Love everywhere
and harmony
and disaster but sweet
victory
The agony of winter
and frost on windows
snow in the air
and on my ground.
Helen O'Flarerty
25 Nov 78
— Copyright 1965-2008 by Dennis Gallagher —
1978-11-26 The Recluse
Sunday, November 26th, 1978 The Recluse
To be alone, like on a night without stars
I am a slave to the shadows, dreaming
in the emptiness of a cool night.
I am in the trees, where the wind
visits them,
fleeing the mystic winter and other
seasons.
mine is a solemn loneliness,
without treasure,
But nevertheless rich.
A single gull, afloat over uninhabitible
seas,
This place of quite meditation,
where I know that
I will love again ---
despite the shadows.
by Jerry Hester
a patient with Helen O'flarerty
on the mental ward.
given to her aprox. nov 26, 78
— Copyright 1965-2008 by Dennis Gallagher —