by the way I found this little stash
of hash when I unpacked the furniture that
I pulled out of storage from when I sold the house
in New Jersey in the back of my manuscript
closet the cabinet with the music sheet
stave layered shelves from the 19th century
I bought in the 20th here in the 21st unpacked
on 32nd Street now in Chicago
it’s all there. Today the lying asshole
of a president slyly blameless lethal dealer
said the pandemic he denied and missed
preparing for is not like 13th century Europe —
all the people going to die are like me —
the shit is still there dried out remember the 60’s
Ed Roberson, 80