Billy Joe MacAllister
Pinnacle is not a point of permanence
just a prominent perch of ponder,
not necessarily portent for a fall.
There is ever option to rise
buoyed by cumulous of tomorrow.
Tallahatchie
river flows on,
balance to perspective from point
atop
Billy Joe’s shoulders.
Try
to sort sawmill grist,
separate
tinder from timber
Many
stood ; more still to stand,
rising
from this place
instead
of falling into muddy water.
We
have him to thank.
It
only seems the solitary place.
We
know better now
Billy
Joe gave us that gift.
Today
is not about tomorrow
where
shadows fall different or not at all
Tallahatchie
....
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