memorial

poetry by brantley
11 September 2002
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Blessed are they who are not in pictures because they took them

 

Blessed are they who make mix tapes

 

Blessed are they who listen before they speak

 

Blessed are they who are always late

 

 

Blessed are they who are footnoted

 

Blessed are they who run at breakneck speed into sliding doors

 

Blessed are they who take others for rides on motorcycles

 

Blessed are they who write catchy songs

 

 

Blessed are they who remember birthdays

 

Blessed are they who spend days picking out gifts

 

Blessed are they who spray-paint stop signs

 

Blessed are they who leave parties last

 

 

Blessed are they who feed pigeons

 

Blessed are they who put extra sheets on sleeping friends

 

Blessed are they who play devil's advocate

 

Blessed are they who call at two in the morning

 

 

Blessed are they who make bad jokes

 

Blessed are they who have baggage

 

Blessed are they who make coffee well

 

Blessed are they who find the right word

 

 

Blessed are they who fix things in the morning

 

Blessed are they who make things quick

 

Blessed are they who tape all the episodes

 

Blessed are they who make elaborate plans

 

 

Blessed are they who lay down their lives

 

As easily as they would mail a postcard home

 

For them, I will walk barefoot down Broadway

 

Until I come to the water

 

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