A
ghost of
his
former self
he
is still
a
force
to
be reckoned with
when
I meet him
between
the
wrappings of
a
life's work
able
to teach me
many
things
I
need to know
slipping
them into
my
circulatory
system
so
I
needn't
be concerned
by
what I
don't quite understand.
