I am only going home
there is no music
there is no moonlight
the soundless misty rain
I own this dark night
the earth used to be flat
her chest used to be flat
not any more
if a frog comes to my door
what should I say to him?
I don't remember her face any more
I don't remember her voice any more
I remember it was long ago
snow flakes are falling
like cherry blossoms in spring
dread of tomorrow is here
hope of yesterday is nowhere
here nowhere
now
the soundless misty rain
I own this dark night
the earth used to be flat
her chest used to be flat
not any more
if a frog comes to my door
what should I say to him?
I don't remember her face any more
I don't remember her voice any more
I remember it was long ago
snow flakes are falling
like cherry blossoms in spring
dread of tomorrow is here
hope of yesterday is nowhere
here nowhere
now
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He is a retired academic living in the semiarid part of Colorado.