4286. SO ACH

SO ACH:

Mesmerized me so much so ACH.

I have nowhere else to turn - only

a few streets back from time, I can

still remember the walkway and the

Alley. Some fitful cannon of a man.

-

Inside me, there was nothing at all -

I tried remembering words, but each

night out in those cold, chilly days,

the men among me - huddled around

barrel fires and covered in our coats -

took it all away from me again.

-

If nothing lasts forever, I'd have to go

with that. The plum is like the gold,

withered and gone away. It was the

wintry end of 1967, and I was hanging

on but by a thread. (Though I survived,

yes, I might have been better off dead).

So, ach : mesmerized me, so ach.