where the hell is Elijah?
when you need him most when you cannot tell if they
are praying over Lee or cutting out his beating heart 37 yrs. ago
your father was on ice in an ICU on University Avenue
heart by-passed oh this’ll save yer life not only did it not
it rather left him in a purgatorio that lasted for the rest of it
and he NEVER complained
he was too much of a rebel for that bitch-shit
he listened to jazz conjured up his dogs a concubine or 2
and with as much dignity as he could muster sat and loved us
for 5 fucking years until the birds came on his final day
he had a scar from his ankle to his breastbone beautiful
jagged just like him and on quiet nights when the voice of Ella
floated up daddy +his old dog Jim howled at the moon
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Winter 2024 ..a year older than i.. when he died.. RIP Rockin Daddy!
songanddancegirl 