Saturday, July 19, 2008

19 julio 2008: The narcissism of memorabilia

Spending the summer
Sorting the past

Unceremoniously to the dumpster
Two Zeppelin LPs

The letters Natalie wrote
When I was in prison

Musty bylines ask to be preserved
Desperate to seem important

The addiction of the printed name
Worse than heroin

Embrace the lot in armfuls
Pitch without hesitation

Better to review
and bury the past

Before the young imagine
it holds answers

2 comments:

JLF said...

Oh, man, throwing out the LP's. That is painful.

Lamar

Unknown said...

This is really sad, PG.
Very moving.
Well-written.
Tina