Hal Caufield Poems

I will not go away, you know.
Oh sure, if you dispatch me,
With one word I will go.
But you cannot drink or think,
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I have for these many years
Pondered the arbitrariness of time.
I have witnessed first hand
Wanton wholesale loss
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It rained all day,
As if Heaven knew
The pain in my heart.
I am sorry.
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When last I saw you,
A chilled wind blew.
You stood in the parking lot,
Under a street lamp
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I heard Frank Sinatra’s
Melodic voice,
And Miles Davis’s
Soft pleasing notes
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The world is amiss without you.
I know only torment and pain.
My only wish is to be
The dog that eats scraps at your table,
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I have never
Kissed your lips,
Or press my bare chest
Against your breasts.
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On days like this,
Camelot seems so far away.
My heart weighs heavy
Inside my chest,
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It grieves me when you
Hold me in disdain.
And when I know I have failed you
Or with some slight offended
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I love you.
I take great comfort in these words.
When the world is heavy on the brow
And I cannot take another indignity,
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