UN-
UN-HAPPEN
un-happen the bypass surgery the
longest scar you’ve ever seen maybe
in history upper chest to ankel cut
me from stem to stern said he
un-happen the debris in arteries his
father’s death at 63 massive coronary
leave the charm the laugh the solitary
comfortable in his skinness leave the bravery
to face the Medusa without a mirror leave
the horse +his favourite movie star +an
open road un-happen the marlboros
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Gatsby believed in the green light, the orgiastic
future that year by year recedes before us. It eluded
us then, but that’s no matter – tomorrow we will run
faster, stretch our arms out farther… And one fine
morning –
So we beat on boats against the current, borne back
ceaselessly into the past.
(F. Scott Fitzgerald The Great Gatsby 1925)
Spring 2015 for Harry Lee Atkins who would be 94
songanddancegirl 