
The old comedian
Martin
in our attic lived
a minute
We heartened him with
wine
and he us
with vintages of wit
until
some sinless
citizen
passing over-
heard
our laughter
He died
in irons
rusting
The Last Comedian
Yet
we remember
how he warmed our
throats’
cold corridors
with laughter as
wine
as rushings
of vital
wine

Note
My latest book of poems and drawings is Plumstuff. You might like it:


