by Katley Demetria Brown

Created on: February 06, 2011

MUCH TOO SOON

It’s been a long time since

We saw each other last

But the memories come back

Parties with the Pathmark crowd

Did we actually try to dance the hustle?

Lunchtime in mid-Manhattan

Sundays at the beach with the

New York Times flapping away

In the breeze, that damned wind

Scattering the paper all over the place

The wedding where I got lost

In the room with the transformers

New Year’s Eve spent having a drink or two

Or maybe more then playing around

With Beethoven’s Für Elise

On the keyboard, dyslexic fingers

Hitting all the wrong notes…

While the ladies gathered in the

Living room watching Dynasty

Waiting for midnight and the ball to fall

Another year gone by

Was it that long ago?

Those were the days, my friend

We thought they’d never end

But they did

Much too soon.

Now all we have

Are the memories of a life

That enriched all of us

Who knew him.

Good bye, Don.

(dedicated to a friend who passed away on September 14, 2010, age 58)

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