Wheezes and Corduroy

Just wave goodbye again
and wheeze as you dance away
    in your bed head silly.
And I’ll wait here on the corner
in Pjs and your corduroy shirt
shamelessly improper in rush hour traffic.
And
     it came to me today
     in the bare soles of my feet
that no matter how many dreams I
filled with tulips and tears,
     wheezes and corduroy was the
only promise you ever made to me.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2007

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August 12, 2010 at 6:05 AM
A joy to read an oldie by one of my favorite poets Jill. Hope you are doing well. Miss you. Love, Carol
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