From Bones

One week after
Ginsberg's death
get up with
the alarm to
say a special
prayer exactly
at the time
he died 2:39 AM
-tradition says
he'll wake every
7 days
(for 49 days)
at that same time
and realize
he's dead
instead of dream-like
confusion-
at this moment
he can be
told quite
directly how
to liberate
his mind into
clear empty
space
-burning
candles in the
shrine room
reading in
the dim
flickering glow

-he'll be
fine, is fine
all these
prayers-
my way of
grieving


~ Marc Olmsted