Excerpt from “Hope in the Well of Angst”

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A poetry book with fifty poems that date back as far as twenty years. They all deal with the insanity of life, death, love, loss and the road.
Laced through it all, the tapestry of my life, is the always present coffee and cigarettes.

My Father’s Ashes

My father died while I was drunk
Funeral missed with a hangover

My sister read a letter I had written
None of it true

Shooting coffee in my veins
26 hour drive

My mother’s house was full
No one mentioned my absence
Angry looks from some
Disdain from others

Quietly I looked at his things
Remembering
Hating all the same

I found his ashes
Placed in an urn my mother chose
I picked it up and left
No one noticed me slip out the back

We went for a drive
Without forced conversation

Ten years later All forgotten
I took my father to New Orleans
His beloved New Orleans
Red beans and rice at Bayona
Beignets at Café D’Monde
A walk through Jackson Square

I drove him to Biloxi
A beach he’d loved
Wild youth and dreams untried
I left him there among the sand
And warm ocean current

I never loved my father
But that day

I did.

9 Responses to “Excerpt from “Hope in the Well of Angst””

  1. Uncle Tree Says:
    July 26, 2009 at 12:14 pm

    This is so very believable coming from you.
    I think it’s a sweet, and wonderful send-off.

    You have reconciled and made peace in your own special way.

    Good! Good!

  2. bindo Says:
    July 26, 2009 at 6:55 pm

    Thanks for the words tree-man..
    Forrester..Thanks for stopping by and thanks for the kudos..

  3. bindo Says:
    July 26, 2009 at 7:03 pm

    Hey Tree-Man..Thanks for checking out the excerpts!!!!
    I dig you digging around

  4. In Love « Utopian Fragments Says:
    August 3, 2009 at 8:37 am

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  5. paulandrewrussell Says:
    August 5, 2009 at 10:04 am

    A lovely and moving poem.

  6. poetryfromthebackofmyhand Says:
    October 5, 2009 at 8:05 pm

    this is unbelievably good

    poetryfromthebackofmyhand.wordpress.com

  7. bindo Says:
    October 5, 2009 at 8:29 pm

    Thanks Katherine…I went and checked out your stuff..I like the way you write…
    Thanks for adding me, you be added as well! *Smiles*

  8. namelessneed Says:
    October 31, 2009 at 12:34 am

    a good solid work/ thanx for yr sharing

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