Here and Gone

Here: Beer on ice, purple orchid, American robins in the duff.

Gone: Grandparents, mother, father, sister.

 

Here: Political chicanery, baby moose, clear gemstones.

Gone: Robin Williams, the cats at my feet, incandescent light bulbs.

 

Here: Wanting to save all the songbirds, malicious bots, sweet onions.

Gone: Frank’s Place bar, staying out all night, pay phones.

 

Here: All that I need.

Gone: All that I let go.

 

—Mitchell Hegman