in a dream i had
several nights ago
the lovely and talented young lady
–who is the love of my life
and not just more precious to me
than the next breath i take
but IS the next breath i take
and the next and the next
and…–
asked me a question
about my poetry i now
only half recall
which i woke myself
answering aloud to the echoing walls
of my empty room
an answer which is now
forever lost to me in the short days
that’ve passed since
lhw - AKA: The Straight-faced Clown AKA: M.C. Tape-Hiss