Caren Krutsinger Poet Free verse

I Think it Would Have Been Great

I think about what could have been
but it wasn't, was it, Ben?
We were the best, the real test....
a delusion, an illusion
Maybe I need a transfusion?

My dream you
and your real you have come loose
they are two different men
It could have been terrific, buit it was obtuse.
if they had been the same, we would have had a lot of play
but they weren’t, were they? Not even one single day!

We weren’t the same, no ding-a-ling
We had that brief thing
Not even a fling
It was not the Bogie/Bacall love affair in the air
But wouldn’t it have been great. my potential mate
if it could have been? Right Ben? Right Ben?

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Lin Lane December 22, 2023 at 3:34 AM I'm feeling this one, Caren. Just to let you know... Tom has posted a new saga in honor of the anniversary of Milt (Hank's) passing. I've also posted a blog and one of his poems. I'm thinking of you today because I know how close the two of you were. Hugs. Caren Krutsinger December 23, 2023 at 1:03 AM Lin, weirdly enough, I play about 4 hour of word games like scrabble every day - this week I have come up with Hank and Milt about 75 times! It amuses and delights me; I feel he is visiting me!