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help me learn

screeching crackling
pounding
zing zing zip
sudden death
of my friend

how can I forget or forgive
who can I blame
who can I hate

help me learn

help me climb out of this hole
my love makes for me

there is no ending

only my death can pay the price

I give thanks for our common fate

in our deaths
can we finally understand?

from Steve — poems from a friend — Bill Eberle

South Portland     October 19

© 2019, Bill Eberle