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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 now I’m wearing you. Like a bear-skin coat
that’s musty and warm and weighs on my arm
when I reach for my guitar, hampers my chest
when I move too fast, brushes 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 will 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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  • Photography
    • Artichoke
    • Burnout
    • Wallagarough
  • 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
    • Breathe
    • Firebird
    • King Parrot
    • For Cody
    • Country
    • Grief train
    • Welcome Swallows
  • Contact