For Johnny
Tonight, in this crowded cafe
the windows weep from
the dark cold outside.
Our dinners half-eaten
but the wine still flows.
It’s just another day
in my limited life.
I am minus one of us tonight,
one of our very best, one of my favorites.
Brad reminds me of Robert Bly:
“You become a man
when you are admired by men
who are not your father.”
This day will echo and hurt
for the rest of my life.
I love him so much.
It’s not really that cold outside.
The sun will rise in the morning.
I am not happy tonight, but
I am so very alive.
-Geoff O’Keeffe
9 January 2016
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