Whatever he was it wasn’t fifty
more like a permanent fifteen
dropped off from some celestial
circus truck whose voice
never cracked
because he carried his own music box
around him spinning at the center
of it whoever sang and spun before
causing dancing to happen
happy tragic years
study being able to exist
only for four or five minutes
at a time but flashing and brilliant
before falling back
into a stupor.
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