Forget the

past

It's asleep

  or gone

  deceased

   sickened

              Like an alcoholic 

withdrawal death

your old leather

motorcycle jacket

Purchased from Wendell's 

on Polk Street

      You gave it to your nephew

 and he lost it in two days

Like an alcoholic withdrawal death

at 37 years old

dying at Sykes hot springs

It's a ten mile hike up

up

    up 

      up

along the ridge

You can hear the river below 

No water? 

Drink 

Drink

Drink

Drink