Be De Hokey! (For Lyn)
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Tilted back chair
tilted back hat
always spoke
as if the world were tickling him
& he couldn't but
...laugh!
Amazed & amused
(tongue set firmly in cheek)
'Be de hokey...! '
he'd chuckle.
'Be de hokey...! '
he would repeat to himself.
Break off
a branch
...tenderly
the tree giving herself
to him
...gently
whistle & whittle
a man or some
imaginary beast
for my hands to play with
...lovingly.
Tell me
(secretly)
that both man & the menagerie
of imaginary beasts
were hiding in the tree
(already made)
waiting for you to
whistle & whittle them out.
'Be de hokey...! '
I whispered entranced.
The rhododendrons
were blue with amazement
at this revelation
socks & shirts
grew on gooseberry bushes
dragonflies danced
upon the summer air.
Often I would revisit
this one moment
as if it were
the only moment
...ever.
Death...so far away
it couldn't even be imagined
as I climb up on your lap
and take your hat
sticking my tongue
firmly in my cheek
become you
as you are... your very self.
Your laughter
lost amongst fields and trees.
'Be de hokey...'
even Death smiles at us
as you live on
in me
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