Monday, May 15, 2023

VISIONS OF FLIEDNER

I know a musician's dead because

High school principal, Leonard J. Fliedner

Turns up in my dream. He wears, as usual,

A grey, three piece suit. He looks good --

Cool, confident, prepared as in life

To put down his papers, push back his specs,

Loosen his silk tie, turn his cuffs up,

Flex his pale fingers and play piano

With wild precision. I don't tell him

He's dead but fold his thin body

In a long embrace.

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