Long Good-Byes
by Terry Firkins
Monday on Michigan Avenue
in front of the Art Institute of Chicago
by the greening bronze lion to the north
collared in a big, red-bowed wreath
capped with snow for the holidays
the sun tipping the Planetarium
at 4:37 Central Standard I waved
as you walked west on Adams and
stood there waving years before
you disappeared from sight.
in front of the Art Institute of Chicago
by the greening bronze lion to the north
collared in a big, red-bowed wreath
capped with snow for the holidays
the sun tipping the Planetarium
at 4:37 Central Standard I waved
as you walked west on Adams and
stood there waving years before
you disappeared from sight.