A Poem for Joe Because He Loved Them
He read poems read words
read playbills out loud book flaps even a menu years after he got dementia
still read poems even on the stage at Brevitas
never went anywhere without a good book
came upstate last summer read a few
of his own poems on the porch carried them in his pocket
he loved with enthusiasm until the end
all his family all his friends his beautiful Annie
and so many good poems