February always finds you folding Local papers open to the faces Passed away to wonder what theyre holding In those hands were never shown the places Formal photographs refuse to mention His tiny feet, that birthmark on her knee The tyranny of framing our attention With all the eyes theyre eyes no longer see And darkness comes too early you wont find The many things you owe these latest dead A borrowed book, that check you didnt sign The tools to be believed with people love us Give what you can to keep to comfort this Plain fear you cant extinguish or dismiss