Poetry of Issue #7        Page 56

For Donald Lev
in Memoriam 1936-2018

I tired myself out
explaining the way
to the next town's library
checking memory
like an amnesiac
in the guise of an ornithologist
first day of spring
But we couldn't get it right
The picture not reliable
like the road

After an hour we gave up
Exhausted I dozed off
You energized
began the night
with those slips of paper
on the kitchen table
your chosen agenda
your faithful work

  Roberta Gould