Yes, Jericho, I know
what you mean. Amazed
myself that I’m still
among the living. My
wife keeps me alive who
stops me from packing it
in. Too much love
from her pulls me to
life
insists I leave behind all that
alarms me
cleave to her
bring into our house at this
fearsome time two creatures
two thrownaway kittens to
care for.
We look into one another’s
face and I tell her how
she’saved my life when
we met how
fortunate
we are to have one another and
Seamus and Fiona
at a time when our country
will be ensnared by
fascists whose
indifference to human life
squares neatly with
Lawrence’s indictment …
“The essential American soul
is hard, stoic, isolate and a
killer. It has never melted.*
And never will.
We will fight and
love to endure. Who will
join us?