IMOGEN WALL
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For Cody
1954-2019

Funeral clothes were still lying draped,
dark and liquid on the bed, at hand when you died,
but all I wear is you, my bear-skin coat.
You're musty and warm, weighing down my arm
when I reach for my guitar, hampering my chest
if I move too fast, brushing my face,
like a lion’s mane. Your fur-lined cap
is all round my head, keeping out cold,
your heart on my sleeve. I shrug on your jacket
when I leave, pressing in to its suede,
rough, ready, Davy Crockett caramel.
I can’t take you off and you'll never wear out,
only ride on my shoulders, borne forever in my mind.
For all I owe you, for all you are, this is enough.

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  • Home
  • Photography
    • Artichoke
    • Magnolia
    • Breathe
    • Surreal museum
    • Burnout
    • Wallagarough
    • Autumn
  • Collage
    • Dreamscapes
    • Voyagers
  • Drawing
    • Curiosity
    • The meaning of an oyster shell
    • Drawings
  • Painting
    • Burnout
    • Take flight!
    • Spirit Birds
    • Skyscapes
    • Other painting
  • Sculpture / 3D
    • Firebirds
    • Ikebana bricolage
  • Poetry
    • Firebird
    • Breathe
    • King Parrot at dusk
    • Home country
    • Requiem for roadkill
    • For Cody
    • Grief train
    • Welcome Swallows
    • All the time in the world
    • Leaf litter
  • Video
    • Light
    • Water
    • Flower
    • Concert
    • Memento
    • Morning
  • Essays
    • Quadrant article_René Girard & Shakespeare
    • Thesis_René Girard & Shakespeare
  • About
  • Contact