. . .

I came to 
Denver to write 
well actually no
I came to 
Denver to be 
alongside of Rick
who was there
when writing began 
decades and decades 
ago and the 
image which always 
comes to mind 
when I think 
of our friendship 
is the ellipse 
you know the 
dot dot dot 
the first dot 
and the last 
being interchangeable actually 
him or I
and the middle 
being almost anything 
else life love 
love life triumphs 
and or tragedies 
we are but
each others bookends 
keeping whatever else 
ever happens between 
us two just 
a couple of 
dots with another 
dot any dot
in the middle