I Lost a Friend

When told
tiny lips quiver
only six
and a heartbeat quickens

little man of substance
sad but grandpa
has passed
away.

Can't be
he can't be gone,
I still have things to tell him.

Richard L. Provencher 1985

first published Spring/Summer 1985
TOWER POETRY SOCIETY
Vol. 34 No. 1 ISSN 0495-9701
Dundas, Ontario

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