One poem by Gary Beck

Lingering Life

Aged women walk the streets

clad in their daughter's overcoats,

shrunken bodies swimming

in oversize garments

dwarfing shriveled bodies

groping for their hands

in cavernous sleeves

swallowing remnants

of clutching fingers

that once reached out

for the pleasures of life.

GARY BECK spent most of his life as a theater director. He has 11 published chapbooks and 3 accepted, 10 published poetry collections, 5 accepted for publication. He has 3 novels and 3 accepted for publication. 1 short story collection and 1 accepted for publication. His poetry, fiction and essays have appeared in hundreds of literary publications. His original plays and translations of Moliere, Aristophanes and Sophocles have been produced Off Broadway. He lives in NYC.