My father was a man who
definitely preferred
his own silence,
and lonliness,
to our company.

He had that famous distance within himself,
I know because

I've got it, too.

He knew that if you worked every minute
you wouldn't have to think,
and that is liberation.

now I've been Jimmy
for a long time.
It gets to be a heavy weight.
I can feel the limits
of my weightlessness
and the full
compass of my mental reach.

It comes down to,
where does the day go;
what did you accomplish
today?

How to be happy.
Is that so hard?