soft and lovely
the man in the purple shirt
comes to me rumpled
and occasionally kind
articulate, gracious
my 60-expletive deleted-
something older friend
who wears it soft and lovely
and sometimes permits
touch though more often
he’s urbane and witty
and so terribly precise
i can’t always find
don quixote who never
wins but sends his battered
heart and quiet listing walk
and dark honeyed
voice spilling into my
unexpected dreams
(Tiger’s Eye)
