Salt Line

My dear honey bear,

Oh, how much have I missed you!

Only you, you, you.

You’ve come to play?

I remember the stories you’d tell…

About an Air Force fighter—

Has anyone checked up on him? I hear he’s transgender…

And the West Coast lover,

Has gotten old and dumber.

My honey, oh how I’ve missed you!

All Cancer, yes you, my dearest friend.

How I’ve missed you, and loved you for forever.

By the way, Happy National 8th Day—always together.

It took a while to come back “home.”

“Home is wherever you lay your head…”

Born into nothing,

Built for anything.

I sing, cry, and write, write, write.

For how much I missed you, honey,

Remember to take out the trash.

Oh, and shower the kids, will you?

Tell your son to brush his teeth before bed!

Let’s read a story to our kids,

Death is nowhere near, my dear.

Your favorite bedtime story,

At 10 PM.