Paul's Gone
The music
has stopped
and the piano bench is now
empty
He brought the gift
of music to thousands of youth
he also loved the other arts - painting and dance
He cared about oppression and
had a Jackie Robinson poster on
the wall
He went to shul every Yom Kippur
(although I knew he had his doubts)
He moved up in economic status
and he always voted
He read about the lousy
Holocaust in his last years
He was a proud mama's boy
He led choruses in the army
So long Paul Anish from your surviving son
(and he raised two other children
and had a beautiful baby
die at one)
He loved poetry especially Wordsworth
He loved his wife of 56 years
I hope I can be strong and go on without him
So long Pesach - So long
Copyright © Matthew Anish | Year Posted 2011
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