the father dies

I talked to the air
in the room as if
no one was there no one
at all

go to hold the day
it slips off
before
you see it
go

a photo
the reminder
some green hill
you cannot for the life
of you see

that day we passed through
as if it were life
some green hill
some raspberry bush
some still life

talked to air
the dead having lost
all memory

still life in a box
I talk to air

you there I swear
I will at last
make something
of myself

you in mind
now and then
on the gravel
highway
in one car or another

I talk to air
some green hill
I will I swear
be some sort
of memory

~ Don Kerr

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