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It is what recurs that we believe,
your face not at one moment looking
sideways up at me anguished or

elate, but the old words welling up by
gravity rearranged:
two weeks before you died in

pain worn out, after my usual casual sign-off
with All my love, your simple
solemn My love to you, Frank.


Submitted by Michael Schiavo

Added: 24 Feb 2003 | Last Read: 12 Sep 2026 3:49 AM | Viewed: 4694 times

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