MISSING
For Herman +
The giggling belly
Rolling cigarettes
Nonstop
repeating stories
A circle of lost footsteps
Out of the Sun
we were
nineteen to the dozen
The deception and pain
Galldeep
behind your
generous laughter
The way you
captured thoughts
The marks
on the coffeelist cleared
The succulent on the sill
you brought
I despise
with tenderness
© march 2001 G.A. den Held
