Elegy and Sequence for T.D.

By Bob Zisk

Dark Current: for Terry, Who Died on May 9, 2023
Nuestras vidas son los ríos
que van a dar en la mar
que es la muerte...

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Today the first crepe myrtle burns to white
On slender stems and languid, drooping sprays.
The sun's exsanguinating shower of light
Drains the soft, purple blooms. And as the days

Slide by, in their bright river of clear rays,
Rolling down to…