Yes, I, too, remain haunted by a therapist (whose parents were dead) who once
told me that her parents, over the years, became closer and closer to her daily
life/consciousness, & that would be true for me and most of us. I sense that
more now, now with my dad dead now 7 years. I am never without a sense of his
presence, but particularly his vigor to go forward & damn the demons. He was not
the mosquito kind of guy. "Digging" back, I suspect, we are always doing that -
e.g.,the endless histories, tome upon tome, that we get of wars upon wars.
Stephen Vincent
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From: Kenneth Wolman <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask]
Sent: Fri, April 20, 2012 11:18:27 AM
Subject: Where Did I Leave Them?
Where Did I Leave Them?
They are still here.
My parents are then subject I know best.
A single subject, a trinity,
father, mother, and kicked-aside
unholy spirit, three persons in
indivisible unity. I've
let them go, so my penance is
to sit in silence.
I cannot see what I've dropped
so do not trust this moment
because I can't believe I might
have found it, them, again,
my dearly beloveds, my obsession
hovering around my head,
unnetted swarm of mosquitos
digging in my ears.
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