When Danny sang his singing was his name
And like a Danny……Danny whom you know
Have known……at least one once a Danny though
How many years since……you’ve still got the same
Unwillingness to speak unwillingness
To sit in a group silence……Danny would
Still know you……when he pulled you to the side
Like a man waved……away the other boys
Like he was saying I’ve got this one you
Were this one gotten……but for what……and guided
You to the tunnel near the wall……and hidden
In the tunnel……from the other boys sang “Ho-
tel California” stopping at the end
Of every line he sang to explain the line
Not singing……talking while he talked……no sign
No sound of the other boys no giggling friend
Listening……you were both eight……what did Dan-
ny sound like must have sounded like a boy
Not……great a child……what is this memory
Of beauty you will never hear again