Comrades

Comrades

 

war protestors

intellectuals

performance artists

with no tools

for higher education

 

photo of four playing hearts

days of friendship and smoke

one eaten by multiple sclerosis

one eaten by heroin

one eaten by grief

 

when I was dying

you scooped me up

took me home

roots never took

 

when you were dying

I scooped you up

found cribbage

old westerns

best medicine

for the last man standing

 

 

 

Zack Hoffman    2022