I can give you a context
(but won't) in which I
come off as the greatest
buffoon in the western world.
I can give you a context
(but won't) in which my
tsunami of failures suggests
a new standard for
bullheaded repetition.
I can give you a context
(but won't) in which my
arrogance delivers more
prizes and praise than all
the failures imagined before.
Here's what I'll give you.
In the context that's my life
I worked hard to tell stories
that shared small truths
of our common human
experience.
I was serious and focused,
writing from whole cloth.
Say this about me:
he wrote; and
then he died.
Say no more.
Give no context.
Amen.
