AFTER THE FACT By Tom Jensen
I can tell you
My life’s story
With just six photographs…
That I carry
Inside of my wallet
And three of them are cats…
The other three
Beautiful women
With so much I’ve shared
As our lives
Have crossed paths…
Never would I
Suggest ever changing
A person, my place,
Or my faith in my past…
Yet I’m feeling the need
To dust off my camera again
So I’ll be back in a flash…
He left but never came back…
Left and never…
Came…
Back…
For our story begins
And was told after the fact
After he set out searching
For the seventh photograph
He left never to come back…
Left and never…
Came…
Back…