for the lost

 

 

 

for abu

 

fiddler and singer of the world anew

and how

 

 

for larkin and io

rose and isabella

kate and shepard and aaron

with all joyous gratitude for why

 

 

and for bruce greene

david schorr

lucius dubose

bill fick

charles price

steve miller

and will whey

seven of the thirty-seven who know

how and why to wing it

 

 

 

riddle

 

Whatever profit hath a man of all his striving

which he taketh under the sun?

One generation passeth away, and another generation cometh;

but the earth abideth forever.

 

Ecclesiastes