Song for Gene Malloy

Because I love his words so
very much
I chose to write some more ..
For a man 
they all call Gene Malloy ..
Now maybe,
it had nothing to do with
the tone of his
voice, or the gentleness
of his old
fashioned and principled
ways, but more
to do with the sawdust and
pitch of his
poetry and candle wax or
the scent
of woodsmoke and sage ..
Tho’ I guess
it might just be his poetry
plus maybe
a drop or two of engine-oil
that got stuck
in the back of my throat
upon opening
yet another filled  page ..