Work In Progress 2

Work in progress: Poem from "A Quiet Weariness".

it's always quiet of course,
just the low sound of
classical music
playing in the background
and a muffled machine-like sound
coming from everywhere,
summer and winter,
morning and night,
forever,
apparatus that we need
to keep places like this
running
smoothly.

the names are always there,
Paul Eugene Lortie,
Georgette Gervais,
good old
Geraldine Di Tomma Stallato,
friendly, habitual denizens
of this quiet
place.

the new neighbours.

we can't always choose our neighbours,
even less in death
than in life.

it's quiet here,
the quiet of respect,
regret and tears,

death
of course,

but mostly
a quiet weariness.

hello Gino,
hi Alberto,
how's it going
Maria...

resting...
resting neighbours

old friends really,
in death only
of course

in death only.