Greg Easley Poet I do not know?

Goodnight Or Goodbye

when I am back between
you and my corner
and you look at me like that
is when I lose the illusion
of being anything more to you
than an object

I never know with you
goodnight or goodbye

it would not suit your mouth
to frown at my tributes
or to purse at my seriousness
I know this well
but I wish to never see you
laugh at me again

which will it be
goodnight or goodbye

if one of my breaths
were to rise warmly
through your pressing fingers
it would fog up your windows
as they always were
toward the dusk of winter

goodbye

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Duke Beaufort October 1, 2011 at 9:38 AM Ah yes, when it's time to move on. I think of those times and the sadness of thinking what could have been. We can be such fools at times. This is really good insight and presented in a way I can relate to. And who likes to be laughed at? I sure don't.