the neighbor

for 72, he's spry.
until he got the fever.
he's my neighbor, and we drank together
a whisky some nights, we talked
he's learned alot in his 72 years
and I've learned from him.
he has the fever
and I don't go there anymore
he has the fever
we may not see each other again.

(referring to JJ's neighbor in Fairbanks, Alaska)