Thursday, May 14, 2009

Rebel Girl's Poetry Corner: "it's time to go"

Almost.

Soon.

Any day now.

See you there.

And now a poem by Louis Simpson:

Graduation

My ex-wife comes over
and invites me to sit

with them. I say okay.
There are a lot of speeches,

all saying much the same,
about the new generation,

the future belongs to them.
They're lining up for it,

walking onto the stage.
There she is, our Meredith.

The sound of two hands clapping
is mine. If there's one thing I know

it's when something is over and
done with, and it's time to go.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

i like how this looks on all sorts of levels.

Roy's obituary in LA Times and Register: "we were lucky to have you while we did"

  This ran in the Sunday December 24, 2023 edition of the Los Angeles Times and the Orange County Register : July 14, 1955 - November 20, 2...