methuselah
is long forgotten
with mayflies
and heroes
and kent state students
with unknown soldiers
in unmarked tombs
common anonymity
destined jurisprudence
time travel
takes its toll
howard hughes’ legacy
inscribed
in a weathered
granite epitaph
fading frozen firmness
like bathing beauty bodies
in a tattered
discolored photograph
time travel
takes its toll
august ‘85
© 1985
