The Names

Vandal Poem of the Day: April 30, 2020

 by Michael O’Brien

1
What can you say
to the dead? You

tell them what they’re
missing, which is life,

and what you’re missing,
which is them.

2
Nature Boy,
trombone, bass,

B’way-Lafayette station,
evening, winter.

Where you been
all this time?
from To the RiverFind more by Michael O’Brien at the library
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