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Still you around, beyond the grave

 

Still you around, beyond the grave

 

Listening to Peter Tosh’s Mama Africa

I’m back with Mikey

My late friend (RIP)

Joyful discussions of Fully’s smile

“Hooting” is the word we used

For years spent

I’d head down on the train to see him in the country

& once there high on herb

Feeling Irie

& even once we were both forced to give it up

We could still access that vibe

Bouncing around whistling, humming on the beach ball

At Yarto, Bambra & at Boonah

Picking wild blackberries & eating with pancakes & cream

Golden hours

Heavy guitars on Billie Jean

Delay of Igziabeher

My brother & me

& like the high that remained post smoking

The high exists now

Now we’re again being spoken of internationally

Even that you’re gone

I don’t feel melancholy thinking about loss

I feel joyous in our shared mythology

Still you around, beyond the grave

& our joint Irie

 

 

Published & Copyright Malachi Doyle 2024.

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