larry k
Posted: December 31st, 2010, 10:28 pm
there is solace in mystery
i tell myself, though
it would be nice to see you again
the passage of years
has not diminished the memory
of evenings spent commiserating
passing the bowl till it sizzled
outrageous, the jokes - the banter
remember
it was in high school that we met
spent a five on oregano, rookie
you said
fine for pizza but still a burn
out of such things the future depends
and then, i wonder
so useless this idle speculation
how life has treated you
a woman - married?
perhaps,
perhaps not
we had bad luck but things change
things always change sometimes
so slowly we don't notice sometimes
so abruptly we lose track
friends reduced to guest appearances
cameo roles in the double feature
are you alright?
i tell myself, though
it would be nice to see you again
the passage of years
has not diminished the memory
of evenings spent commiserating
passing the bowl till it sizzled
outrageous, the jokes - the banter
remember
it was in high school that we met
spent a five on oregano, rookie
you said
fine for pizza but still a burn
out of such things the future depends
and then, i wonder
so useless this idle speculation
how life has treated you
a woman - married?
perhaps,
perhaps not
we had bad luck but things change
things always change sometimes
so slowly we don't notice sometimes
so abruptly we lose track
friends reduced to guest appearances
cameo roles in the double feature
are you alright?