for Geoffery Palmer

The 76th anniversary of his birth
rolls in the middle of November.
Thanksgiving rolls near the end
of November. He will not have an
in-person rock and roll celebrat-
ion for either. He will wear a
mask and social distance and pray
that there will be a vaccine for
everyone by this time next year
so that the guy in the mask will
take off his mask and have an in-
person rock and roll reunion with
his friends and family in the hope
that they still recognize the old
boy, after all, it’s just twelve
months and, Lord knows, how fast
the months fly as time goes by.