Comment te dire adieu
How to say goodbye on a gray-blue morning?
In the end, turn
and walk out the door, carrying
the room on your back in a bag filled
with camera clicks and sound grabs, looking
ahead, always looking ahead, to the last closing door.
Patrick T. Reardon
6.20.18
“Comment te dire adieu” was originally published by Spank the Carp on June 1, 2017.
Written by : Patrick T. Reardon
For more than three decades Patrick T. Reardon was an urban affairs writer, a feature writer, a columnist, and an editor for the Chicago Tribune. In 2000 he was one of a team of 50 staff members who won a Pulitzer Prize for explanatory reporting. Now a freelance writer and poet, he has contributed chapters to several books and is the author of Faith Stripped to Its Essence. His website is https://patricktreardon.com/.