Scott Simpson · Poetry
Jay
Selected Poems 1989 to 2009 · source pages 54
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Source page 54
Jay
Jay used to ride around Lincoln NE
with a little empty child-seat
on the back of his bike.
He told me once
that it wasn't the divorce that
bothered him,
it was her moving to New York,
taking little Toby with her.
I always think of Jay
that way---
riding around town with a
little empty child-seat.
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