This Book of Verse is dedicated to Paul, in prison, to the sword by his bed, to the pencil and parchment in his hand, and to the straw on the floor of his cell . . .
. . . but most of all, to the compassion Rembrandt captured in those again eyes; as if they are apologizing to God in advance, for me and for others like me traveling a crude and curious path to our destinies.
The Coping Stones 