Conjugating the Edge of Is
Born 1946
You fell from the edge of is,
tumbling through finality
into hopeless was
beyond will and might
and someday could have been.
That sad grammar.
Review your conjugations.
Return to the dreams of am.
We'll make you some room in the present tense
for the sake of a smile and your generous heart.
Addressed to my father, Keith Alan Bovee, 1921-2004
DayPoems Poem No. 2803
<a href="http://www.daypoems.net/poems/2803.html"> by Timothy Bovee</a>
The DayPoems Poetry Collection, www.daypoems.net
Timothy Bovee, editor
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