at this moment in this hour

 
 
 
at this moment  
in this hour
 
sitting in my room
alone looking up as
the ceiling smiles
 
at this moment  
in this hour
 
lighting another  
smoke for myself
and the ghost of
Dan Fante
 
at this moment  
in this hour
 
deciding there is
nothing more
important to do
then nothing  
 
at this moment  
in this hour
 
remembering a
hundred wars of
defeat, a hundred
wars of victory  
 
at this moment  
in this hour
 
the old chair creeks  
as I move and the
earth shifts to the
right
 
at this moment  
in this hour
 
tragedy is born

heros arise

novels begun

plays end
 
at this moment  
in this hour
 
that will never come
again