I will always cherish those
happy years you penetrated my
pregnant patchwork of phraseology,
with trust and hope singing soft melodies,
together with the swaying of all possibilities,
as every construal quickened us, and
offered what was needed…
.
And both of us savoring the
fragrance of satinpod moments,
(untangling all hindrances between us)
and being charmed always
by a shared disposition
to communicate
honestly with
no sorrows or regrets….
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I remember your most
debilitatingly silly moods,
when you would ever blackguard
the political satirists, and always,
with adult belly-laughs,
poke fun at the
stylized tiptop’s of
aging poetic tosspots,
shaking their metaphors
(like dice in a cup) and casting
them out over the page in anticipation
of some wakeless subtext appearing….
.
Lovingly, I think back
on ventures brisk breezes, as
we purposed to protect ourselves
from the kinds of influences that might
diminish our palette of singularities-
.
But as it is at times…
.
Despite our friendship,
and all the good we shared,
fate leant its course
in a way
we’d never considered,
as nothing could appease the
menacing forces raging against you…
.
And on that fated day, after
your final roll through the garden,
having no grasp of the beauty,
(without seeing the blooms
or touching the colors)
I could sense
your life-pulse lessening
as you stared ahead with glazed eyes,
and the last grains trickled through the glass-

And in that moment,
when the mirror cracked,
and life separated into angularities,
when all that remained were shards and
impressions of a diminishing day,
you disengaged from living,
the beauties of it,
the muck of it,
the flow of it,
and with a final sigh,
you smiled out blankly, as
your head fell to your chest, and
your spirit took flight from all earthly limitations….
.
© richard lloyd cederberg
2024
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THE PORTRAYAL SERIES: Poetiprose insights concerning my immediate family and old friends (alive or dead). This series will also address certain of the actors, artists, musicians, and various writers I worked with in college, or professionally, that were influential (in one way or another) in shaping the man I am today.          A NEW RACE OF HuMANS