“An Elegy for La” by Ryan Boggs

May 23, 2024

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An Elegy for La

By Ryan Boggs

Missed your (yellow) birthday
Missed your (purple) vigil too
So (blue) pause
(orange) reverse through applause

An accidental concert, behind the (red) door
Fading into the (green) ever after -
hours
cantina

I’d thought it’d be me or you we’d see
stalled in a still

Not her
here, yes - you
Amid
Interstellar dust
Amber chimes murmur,
Flash contours
A composite portrait
Improvised, provided
pennies, again, in the Junction,
heaven, between navigation
spins
as we piece together
The chord, keys, melodies
Of a ballad for for-
gotten lyrics

And her once glowing aghast, lightening a valve
So hum -
our spills spelling a miss -
sing colo(u)r:

Copyright © Ryan Boggs

Relating to life; trying to write.

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