poem on the CD of Cadences that isn't in the book : Yellow Blues

included on the CD of Cadences read before Liubliu (love you) p. 51.
At a peace conference, when the Russian kids said, ya liubliu vas (I love you)
and the American kids understood, yellow-blue bus.

Yellow Blues

Don’t forget, we’re told so often
(color, chords, shapes and word)
as we get older, the details soften.

Rainbow, waterfall, they’re off in
her mind with other bird.
Don’t forget we’re told so often.

Coffee, soap, the new-hewn coffin,
(color, chords, shapes and word)
as we get older the details soften.

Ya lyubliu vas, she would say, and soften
yellow-blue bus, the others heard.
I love you, we’re told so often.

Details of a life will roughen
skin, mute chord, sight, word.
As we get older, the details soften.

To a life, will you toughen,
blacken out memory word by word?
Don’t forget, we’re told so often
as we get older. The details… soften.