[for d.h]

his hands
must have shaken
yesterday
beads of sweat may
or may not have
clustered
around his eyes.

one hand
outweighed
the other:

lead weight

maybe he heard shouting
maybe it was his
maybe it was quiet
maybe :

he was still

he hurt more
[than us]
more
than melodrama
allowed

RIP Derek Paul Hicks.
22 January 1983-2 April 2007
you will be missed.