Bean

Bean is simply

Being it’s not

Past tense it’s

Present it’s who

He is and

Who he’s been

YouBean

Let’s see now

I’ve got keys

Wallet sunglasses watch

Sandals sunscreen shorts

Shirts underwear socks

Pants cigars lighter

Cutter one red

One white corkscrew

Jacket and hat

The only thing

Missing you Bean

Scandinavia

In my darkness

He offers laughter

From a far

Off place alone

Like a knife

On crystal stemware

Its clear tone

Pulls me out

Of my solitude

Like a dog

Which seemingly understands

His teasing jokes

About Swedish meatballs

Brings some joy

To me lightly

You do know

SundayMorn (to Bean)

The East glows

This morning like

Far off bonfires

Igniting blue skies

Faint pink rouged

Clouds hang high

Like dangling earrings

Catching breaking dawn

Humid chill prompts

Up turned collar

As I sip

Coffee outside our

Little NoDa apartment

Waiting for you

To awaken shivering

Clad in last

Nights fleece pullover

Like many things

We share together

Early morning coffee

The chattering birds

Dawns first light

And dream remembering

Set our tempo

Like daily metronomes

SummersDaydream (to Bean)

Greens dizzying array

Greeted you today

Mornings silence gave

Way to song

High and away

Like nymphs playing

Among the boughs

Zoe’s nails clacked

Across blemished streets

Like four-inch heels

At bar time

Pausing turning back

Sniffing and growling

Like aging Cossacks

Sun lighted polka-dots

Shone on the

Grassy toupeed lawns

As you walked

Behind her blindly

Sipping your coffee

During summers daydream