Six Notebooks

Gone Too Soon 
                   For Justin Townes Earle 
Gone, gone, gone 
Beyond 
Gone beyond 
Too soon 
Too too soon 
Gone, gone, gone beyond, gone too soon 
She sent me a picture of footsteps 
Three hundred million years old 
Fossilized, buried and found 
Time beyond comprehension, time  
Beyond sussing, time that is just 
A small small fraction of the thirteen billion  
Years since the spark, just a small small fraction 
Of the billion years to come 
And she sent me a video 
Of Justin Townes Earle, singing 
And playing guitar, himself and a mic 
Reaching into the universe 
Sharing it with us 
So much beauty, so much 
Beauty 
May his 
May his memory be a blessing 
A sadness also 
Of all we will never get 
This short short touching,  
May we touch deeply and kindly and 
Beautifully 
In this short short fraction of eternity  
Gone, gone, gone, gone beyond 
Gone, gone 
Too soon 
 
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