Of all the deaths I have come across
Yours caused me the most pause
Perhaps it was my personal drama of 2017
Perhaps it was the awareness that your marriage
Failed
What hopes did a normal mortal have if yours couldn’t hold
What was it about your death?
The running? The finding?
The stockings? The hopes shattered?
The children left? Each one looked like you - oh
The tears that must have fallen
The anger she must have felt - you were her salvation - Was that it? Was it all too much? Without any balance
The noise
The harsh noise of existence - yes that is it - a man as angelic as you - as naive and as horrible a worker - has
No place here