a young man’s thoughts before june

the 16thFhazel Johennesse

a young man’s thoughts before june 16thtomorrow i travel on a road

that winds to the top of the hilli take with me only the sweet

memories of my youthmy heart aches for my mother

for friday nights with friendsaround a table with the broad belch of beer

i ask only for a sad songsung by a woman with downturned eyes

and strummed by an old man witha broken brow

o sing my sad song sing for meFor my sunset is drenched with red

Images THE SONG – a funeral song – a dirge - his

death? What is the road to which the poet alludes? My sunset is drenched with red

Alliteration – what is its effect? The broad belch of beer A sad song sung by a woman Strummed by a man with a broken brow O sing my sad song for me

Impression of personal involvement?