2.16.2014

Happy Birthday, Mark

Unsleeping, or Freezing, or Treading Water
Funny, your stitch
in my side now aches
under my breast
as your leprechaun voice
chills to eskimo breath
& washes out like sand
on Popponesset Beach.
Death comes so early
this time of year--
 
Reposting this on Mark Kelliher's birthday. Also, International Pat Benatar Day. Miss you, Mark.
Posted by Marian at 6:01 PM
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4 comments:

  1. AnonymousFebruary 17, 2014 at 3:13 AM

    a fine eulogy - I hope my friends remember how I made them laugh ~

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  2. MarianFebruary 17, 2014 at 9:58 AM

    xo

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  3. JimFebruary 17, 2014 at 5:15 PM

    Thank you, Marian. A nice tribute. I hadn't known of Mark or of his works. Now I have read a bit of him and noted his writings on Amazon dot. For you he was a local writer?
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    1. MarianFebruary 18, 2014 at 9:15 AM

      not really local, though he hailed from the Boston area (I'm in western MA), but Mark was a friend i met through an online writing group. he was very supportive of my writing. and also was such a dear, wonderful, hilarious person.

      read his book The Nimrod. it's (no exaggeration) the funniest book i have ever read in my life. that is really saying something! here's a link: http://www.amazon.com/The-Nimrod-Mark-Kelliher/dp/1456550144

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