MY FRIEND BARRY
2009 – RIP Barry Simons.
(We were part of “VENICE 13”, 1971)
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-Big guy,
easy to like…
-Came to my 75th
birthday party
in his gala uniform:
work overall
covered with oil paints…
-Gave me a print,
which I treasure…
-We’ll meet
on the other side
some day, Barry…
you can be
my heavenly guide –
take me where
Picasso and Neruda
hang their wings.