Someone Shoulda Been There.... Poem by delilah contrapunctal.... yes, that's how I intended to spell it.........

I mean, he gave a lot.....
a place where the kids could make music....they did...
some made fun of him, too....
.and he could be, yeah, 'a caution'......
he knew they needed
a place..
.a focus..
.an art..
a freedom.....
and he did his best to provide it for them...
he moved at quite a rate...fed himself
with things that kept him doing...and doing....

heard he'd had a stroke.....
can still walk, a little...
slowly...that's about it....

been told he used to say, 'why? because it makes you think, that's why'.....
.....set his mouth in a sorta pursed straight line
for emphasis...
still see his chin jutting out....sure...and surer....dug in.....

wish I'd been there....awhile back.....would've given him an injection of Stevens......

we're all flippin' crazy...........
.wanna put it another way...?
sure...why not....?
your turn......