Legacy

[dr_con]

Legacy
Con/Jur/d 9/13/2020

“What do you mean by legacy?”
She asks because we can never
Afford therapy when we need it, 

most.

“I regret, I didn’t get to know you, 
better.”

A solid epitaph.
Next year the hedge bindweed
will decorate the garden with bold

white flowers. 
 

[JoelJosol]

I like this form of poetry because it is in the spirit of my favorite Language poets but not totally inaccessible.

From a time context, it appears to me two snaps in time.  From a setting context, a point of departure and departed.  Alongside the meaning associated with the quoted words is the powerful image of a tomb surrounded by "bold white flowers".

The ambiguity is there also in the "we" as only one has a clear gender identity. The speaker's gender is not purposely identified.

I like the alliteration in "she asks because", "never/Afford therapy", and "solid epitaph". 

[dr_con]

TY JJ! Appreciate the comments and indeed the LANGUAGE poets did inspire this;-)

Juris

[tonyv]

Juris, this is accessible. 

On 9/13/2020 at 8:34 PM, dr_con said:

“What do you mean by legacy?”
She asks because we can never
Afford therapy when we need it, 

most.

Hear, hear! 😀

On 9/13/2020 at 8:34 PM, dr_con said:

“I regret, I didn’t get to know you, 
better.”

A solid epitaph.

That's right. It speaks to me and sounds like something I could say over and over, again.

Tony

[David W. Parsley]

Hi doc, in addition to excellent observations by Joel and Tony, I note the Found element here in this poem with innocent colloquialisms juxtaposed to carry heavy emotional weight.  How vividly the bindweed springs in with the strength of enduring ties and an innocent beauty, its power to console.

Unexplainably Moved,
- David

[dr_con]

TY! I'm glad it moved you, indeed in some ways this was trying to capture a particular emotion.;-) TY

[dr_con]

Sorry Tony, TY! 😉 But which is the epitaph? The Bindweed or the regret? Much appreciation. J