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Larry Fagin died this morning. I asked Charles North to pick one of Larry's poems that we could post in his honor today. -- DL
Faded Spirit
He buttonholed you and told you. Stay awake. Don't take the gaspipe. Thanks for the tip, but it's not 'all in the mind.' Imagine getting it in the neck every step of the way. You can't. Unlike some people I want to live, never report or explain the experience. Not shuffle underlying elements. Reside quietly in a pink rhombus.
-- Larry Fagin
Radio
I left it
on when I
left the house
for the pleasure
of coming back
ten hours later
to the greatness
of Teddy Wilson
"After You've Gone"
on the piano
in the corner
of the bedroom
as I enter
in the dark
from New and Selected Poems by David Lehman
THE RULE OF THUMB
by T.P.Winch
Ringfinger was nervous
Pinky terrified
when they learned
that Hand might succumb
to the rule of Thumb.
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