ay!

                                                    my friend's different

                                             since he saw the orphans burn. . .

                                                    each week on the hill

                                                      little did he know. . .

                                                his trials were just beginning

                                                         he says at dinner

                                                        i see his triumph. . .

                                                      and honor it in silence

                                                      as he hunts for words

                                                                  jon