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We wait

Clark W Fobes

we wait
at 9th & Irving
and nine-teen ninety-one
muni screels
around corner
its sides tatooed
in evil graffiti
my little boy
backs into my warmth
squeezes me
to ward off
the heavy
rolling threat
his voice/plainsong
above the noise
“daddy
can we die
together ?”
freight weight
of my father
two weeks dead
crushes like
steel wheels
and I swing
four light years
of son love
into my arms –
talisman against
buried fears
the monster passes
and disappears
the graffiti of
father bruises
finally fading
we cross
the opened space
I want to
rail with sorrow
but only feel
relief

Clark W. Fobes is a professional classical musician in San Francsico and amateur poet. He has a website devoted to clarinet and saxophone products


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