my poor soul, my rag tag heart has no censor, so careless, reckless, as if words were but frivolous treasures, easy spent, easy get
if only, how I wish I could harvest my best, with golden cutlery excise the single flawless poem, that I know is in my possess
lay down this hand so weary from cupping tears, be satisfied at long last, so much so, that when my casket lowered, hands in repose companioned, clutching his best, easing his rest, a paper record to join his dust with ash, his flawless poem, at longest last