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FOR K M ANTHRU
JACK FOLEY
to redefine world
we need the solidity
of a place on which to stand
where world is visible
and possibility exists as well
we need
a past that can be used
the violence of tears
the pleasure of laughter
who but a father can teach us
a father who knew words
and knew the passionate
ineluctability of vision
gone now, but in the mind
forever
Jack Foley is a widely-published
the sound of a voice poet, critic, performer, and radio
that will never be heard again host on Berkeley station KPFA.
in a room at night Lives in Oakland, California
beside you
just before sleep:
the presence
of love
