Joan
We talk of the need to drop needing
and yet we're so happy to see each other.
I can hear those soft wings, again.
gallagher
20 Feb 86
— Copyright 1965-2008 by Dennis Gallagher —
Weather 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
Joan comes and begins to give me such pleasure
but I'm not sure what I see or how I feel.
My attraction and affection for her are strong.
She drifts in and out of my thoughts all day long
but Lise has taken me apart so throughly
that I cannot see Joan as my 'next' woman.
I don't know what I would've seen or felt
if I had met Joan before Lise.
And, now that I'm here on the other side,
nothing is familiar.
She's young and intelligent and spiritual
and I can see she's beginning to care for me.
It's all new. Every thought and passion,
every dream and fear.
I've traveled so far. I can meet her here
but I cannot tell her where we are.
gallagher
2 Mar 86
— Copyright 1965-2008 by Dennis Gallagher —