Civil Seer
Father told me
be a civil servant
New York City cop
or fireman, sanitation
has the benefits
glasses and teeth
out in twenty
upstate at forty
a chicken farm
a horse or two to ride on.
His counsel I followed, save
a servant of servility I became
a cop of words and sentiments
a fireman of unconsciousness
a garbage man of despair
strewing poems everywhere
a proud civil seer, poet,
serving with flair the city
of kindness and peace
astride beauty’s elegant mane
no glasses no teeth
just gratitude, what Blake says
is grace, before which death daily
bows in ignominy.
Thanks, Dennis!
Some of Us
Dennis Sullivan, Beverly Osborne, Tom Corrado, Edie Abrams, Art Willis, Alan Casline (all seated); Paul Amidon, Mike Burke, Tim Verhaegen, Mark O'Brien, Barbara Vink, Philomena Moriarty
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