Spoon

Thinking of you

Stirring my coffee

Hearing that tink

Which once angered

Now woefully missing

Even summer knows

That it will

Once again kiss

Fall and winter

Relies on spring

But me now

What I have

Is simply that

Muted sound of

My own spoon

Amusement

You do know

That you have

Set the bar

High for others

And so many

Walk beneath it

Like playing limbo

But you oh

You you simply

Leap over it

To my amusement

StandUp (to my Bean)

The most painful

Thing for me

Is watching you

Fall and choosing

Not to run

To your side

At some point

In every boy’s

Life he’s got

To learn that

Only he can

Stand himself up

And face bullies

Whatever they are

This is the

Hardest and greatest

Gift anyone can

Give to someone

That they love

I pray that

You will rise

ConeyIsland (to You)

It is in

These early dawn

Hours when asleep

You all are

That I find

My greatest peace

You still sleeping

Yet I am

Now dreaming these

Delicate petit fours

Sweet and savory

Morsels of memory

That tickle and

Hang and dissolve

And disappear into

Another and another

These waves coming

Ashore bringing with

Them trinkets of

By gone times

That I collect

Like a child

On Coney Island

Wondering where they

Started then remembering

It was there

Of course way

Way out there

And reaching out

To the horizon

I pinch that

Thin line between

Sea and sky

Gone they go

Replaced now by

Your sleepy eyes

Looking at me

Wishing (to Bean)

Imagine being a

Fish that just

Took the bait

And is being

Reeled in while

Seeing an eagle

Over head and

Wishing if I

Must be caught

Why couldn’t it

Be up there

Soaring rather than

Way down here

In a boat