A lovely remembering, Max, but
the last 4 stanzas work so well, I wonder if all the rest is needed...
Doug
Quoting "Max Richards" <[log in to unmask]>:
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> De-friending
>
> A week since her funeral
> he comes our way
> for chat and consolation.
>
> We need consolation too,
> we'd expected a long friendship,
> he a long marriage.
>
> 'Oh, much still to be done,
> the tidying away,
> the superannuation.
>
> Phoned the telecom
> about her contract.
> They said they could only
>
> deal with the signatory.
> A friend mentioned
> her voice is still there
>
> on our voicemail message.
> I knew, of course.
> I'd been phoning just
>
> to hear her voice.
> Her face already is less
> distinct, not so
>
> her lovely voice.'
> We know it still - still.
> And he'd been back
>
> to the oncology ward
> to say thanks nevertheless.
> Taking them her sweet
>
> collection of scarves
> and headbands, knowing
> they'd have a use for them.
>
> Another friend had said
> she's still on Facebook.
> At length he 'went there'
>
> and 'deactivated' her.
> 'I know she's still there,
> however, but hidden.
>
> I'm thinking how her links
> are being withdrawn
> from all her Friends.
>
> As if she's quietly
> de-friended them.
> She hasn't. Not she.'
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> Max Richards
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Douglas Barbour
11655 - 72 Avenue NW
Edmonton Alberta T6G 0B9
That’s not a cross look it’s a sign of life
Frank O’Hara
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