Jeffree Skewes - Long Goodbye





Nothing of you existed
before that cherished first hello

repeated every time
now I think of you

gradually parting
everyday in code
this may be it! 

we all know where this leads
people get ready, there's a train

commedia dell'arte au revoir
years pass still it comes in
anyway who can resist saying finito

all those yesterdays ago
we knew between smiles
the intimacy between us

though each unique
this game's but theatre

three acts some costume changes
attention please to entrances and exits

a final stand
one last speech
make it last
somehow for now we are eternal

hello farewell bang it's quick
for some no chance to mark it

then again and after all
we come we play sing songs spill that wine
cry fart laugh wake maybe the wiser

draw out this dance
suffer perhaps
mingle in the lounge
what's the rush

it's ok yo drag those feet 
looks like free jazz los tangos
walking and... falling

shuffle's a lifelong art

lay down come go false alarms 
perhaps practice makes perfect

when there's time

bonjour mon cheri
it's been a long good bye







image Red Rez - oil paint, canvas / rice / paper / silk / gold fabric / medallion  / tassle - JMS 2018

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