Life
begins
Life
ends
It’s
not up to us
Until
it is
And
they’re on their way
To
the desert to scatter her sister’s ashes
And
tragedy is all around us so are miracles
When
we stop seizing on foregone conclusions
And
I knew she was a poet the first time we met
There
was this magical glint in her eyes
That
spoke to me of a thousand years of love
And
when the love turned to hate she got out of Damascus
The
Energizer Bunny isn’t a toy or a religious artifact
It
will beat you to the punch every time with its
Furry
paws and redolent way it has of always knowing
When
to push the river and when to say Geronimo
Death
is not the end
At
least that’s the word on the street paved in shimmering gold
It’s
not up to us
Until
it is
And
I cannot wait till she reads my Tarot
Because
I am convinced she holds all the cards in this friendship
Of
super heroes and drag queens gone straight then crooked again
Please
don’t light the incense it makes me sick to my stomach
And
I knew she was a High Priestess the first time we broke bread
It
was the way she looked straight through me with the efficacy of a
Thrift
store Saint
And
too many people blame others for the problems they’ve created
But
Leah is way beyond all that as she adjusts the rearview and presses her Sandal
down on the gas pedal
Charles Cicirella
5/18/16
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