Bill Grace Poems

It is a decent thing to grieve their loss
Their lives in unexpected Hi Lite upon history's altar
Their was no will to death
We pray their valor was a vision of service.
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Much to my shame I have lost his name
That good dentist so long ago
In the land of Corpus Christi
Who fixed my teeth for free
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History teaches that we are not so great
That our moment rests on frail things
The darkness of the present being well hid
It is the past that truly gives us light
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There once was a poem here named Hubris
Which for some reason to the poem hunter system wouldn't allow me to removeus
So the space was renamed
And the title quite changed
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In morning's deep silence I know that they are there
Mother, Father, Aunts, Uncles - others who though gone could care
Great teachers, mentors, class mates - team mates who are no more
Rogue's for leaven and girl friends long from touch
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Age's gray on top
Gray boards in back
The gray of unburnished statues
Gray is the color most often time takes
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Two simple things, sugar soda and beer
Guarantee for me
The reality of accelerating pounds
Which carries other things
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I believe it was Grady Nut who said - loosely quoted:
'You look back on the edge of death and say
With a hearty laugh - I'm glad I did that.'
At our exit I wonder if the best question may be
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I believe it was Grady Nutt who said - loosely quoted:
'You look back on the edge of death and say
With a hearty laugh - I'm glad I did that.'
At my exit I wonder if the best question could be
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Big Blue has died an old fish death
Daughter also informed of his passing
Perhaps the trauma of an out of tank jump,
Perhaps the escaping memory of the years we had him,
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