On the 1980 Calendar I Found in My Father’s Study After His Death in 1997
in the white square of April 21,
in his hand:
R. left us
followed by six black x’s
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Nothing kicks like a short poem! Beautiful albeit tragic.
title
white square, black Xs
its enclosure
its openness
The black and white of life and death.
What a poem! The title demanded I read it, and the verse itself delivered so much in such a brief moment.
distilled emotion – powerful!