Man to Man

After all the glib talk

And lofty theorizing

And super stardom

And romanticizing,

When the curtain falls

Comes that moment

When there's nothing really

to say.....

I say to you then,

"My fellow do good

Be a good man.

Help a man if you can

When you get a chance.

Listen to a hymn

Or a sweet song.

Look at the sheep graze,

The freight truck delivering produce,

The mother carrying the child

Or whatever you fancy

With a true heart."

But in that moment

When breath is keenest felt

I am no father

Or friend or philosopher,

And I say this to you

Man to Man.

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sometime in July'10.