One day I saw you
Looking sad and blue
I wanted to talk
You went for a walk
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Lovely poem Richard. Well begun is half done. You tried your best at the job.
Much of what you said in your poem, I have said to my own daughter. You must have been a good counselor in addition to being a good poet.
Yoir Kerouac poems are short and compressed - there's a KNOT of energy the finished poem displays tom the reader: We are ready to undertake a mission; that knot of energy is ours to use up. This story generates none; it is draining. The real world disappointment shows how impoirtant a figure like Kerouac is
Daniel, both the clients and the counselors were draining. Thank you so much for your astute observation about the Kerouac poems and the man himself!