No Chance
It must be nice to be steady, it must be nice to be firm
it must be nice never to move off the mark
It must be nice to be dependable and never let anyone down
it must be great to be all the things you're not
It must be great to be all the things that I'm not
I see you in the hospital your humor is intact
I'm embarrassed by the strength I seem to lack
If I was in your shoes, so strange that I'm not
I'd fold up in a minute and a half
I'd fold up in a minute and a half
And I didn't get a chance to say goodbye
No - I didn't get a chance to say goodbye
It must be nice to be normal it must be nice to be cold
it must be nice not to have to go oh up or down
But me I'm all emotional no matter how I try
you're gone and I'm still here alive
You're gone and I'm still here alive
And I didn't get a chance to say goodbye
No - I didn't get a chance to say goodbye
There are things we say we wish we knew and in fact we never do
but I'd wish I'd known that you were going to die
Then I wouldn't feel so stupid, such a fool that I didn't call
and I didn't get a chance to say goodbye
I didn't get a chance to say goodbye
No there's no logic to this - who's picked to stay or go
if you think too hard it only makes you mad
But your optimism made me think you really had it beat
so I didn't get a chance to say goodbye
I didn't get a chance to say goodbye
No - I didn't get a chance to say goodbye
I didn't get a chance to say goodbye
-Lou Reed
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July 2020 - in the middle of a global pandemic thousands are dying every day from Covid 19 and it is against that skyscape is the story of the not wanted, the disappeared, and those awaiting execution.
Just finished watching the film The Visitor, the story of people caught in the Passion of Waiting, the story of people becoming awake to the reality that millions live and die in. At the end of the film, as they role the credits is the declaration that the film was dedicated to Jim Elenididis and so of course I wanted to know who it was that was so -- beloved.
I stopped the utube video just after his name as the post said to see his face, of course in the shadows, of course in the subway. And so, to those who knew him and to those who only met him through their love of him, I whisper a prayer,
Peace
and all good
amen
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