Poem: "Willy Loman" by Edwin Romond, from Dream Teaching. © Grayson Books, West Hartford, Connecticut.
Willy Loman
After I hit 50
I stayed
in the back
of my room
during Death
of a Salesman.
Some mornings
it was too much to see
what comes
with the territory
of dreams
ringing up a zero
and I could not
let my class
catch their teacher
in tears
as you drove
your life
to a dead end
while I clutched
the script
like a mirror.
July 30 2005, 17:39:27 UTC 6 years ago