South Bend, 1997

Good,
left and right of this,
somewhere in there,
was your guideline,

I think it was there,
always,
and maybe I missed it over the years,
when you would lean in and whisper to me,
just before he looked down at his wrist,
and to left,
and to the right,
and on the line,

when you would lean in and whisper to me,
it was there,
you and I,

and we were good,
we were our beloved,

we were like the tiles to the right,
on the side of the building,
where his arms were up for the Ave Maria,
for you,
then me,

good,
okay,
good---