Poem at Year’s End <br /> <br />In one sweeping, Spring Cleaning, at year’s end, <br />I gathered up all the year’s photos, <br />Letters and other mementos: <br />Placeholders for times spent with you. <br />I scoured all the closets, top shelves, <br />Dresser drawers, even pants pockets <br />I have not worn since. <br />Convinced, I found it all, <br />I threw them away in a Catharsis, <br />A ritualistic purge, in the way <br />Some might give all they own <br />When sensing death is near. <br /> <br />Then, I bathed, shaved <br />And lie down for bed. <br />Picking up my diary, <br />I opened to the last page: <br />And found, still, this bookmark you gave me <br />Along with this poem <br />I had written down about you. <br /> <br /> <br />12.31.7 John Tansey <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Copyright ©2008 John Thomas Tansey<br /><br />John Tansey<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/poem-at-the-end-of-the-year/
