Party

Party. Old
Friends. Moving away.
Saying good bye. Saying. Talking.
Bob’s heart attack. Reading Old Testament.
Bloody battles. Slaughtering tribes.
Joyce’s broken wrist.
Drive her to church.
Less grey hair all around.
More white.
Bruce has cancer in his good eye.
Losing his sight.
Will he find another?
Tom’s cough might be cystic fibrosis.
Eight years ago he died and
Was revived. Happy now. Satisfied.
Party. Laughter.
Some beer. Less wine. More iced tea.
After. A movie. True to life.
Fifty year old woman.
Alzheimer’s.
Maybe her mumbles
An advanced language?
She has progressed
Beyond us?
Bodies giving way
To something better? More?
How could we know?
Except we go there?
Or open our other eyes?
Party

:- Doug.

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