Monday, August 11, 2008

DEATH COMES IN AS FOG (FOR RAY HUTTON--1998)

As death crept closer and closer  you faded  little by little

No more interest in Jim Lehrer's News Hour on TV
No more attention for Garrison Keeler
No more reaction to my reading aloud
No more disgust at noisy neighbor
Unable to eat without spilling 
Unable to swallow
Unable to talk
...

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

This made me cry. I guess it reminded me of John's death also. ej