Haunted by Sue

My friend was tall, thin,Hippocratic actually and from the same island

or thereabouts

I liked his wife cause she was my friend all though I was ten and she was

sixty or thereabouts

He owned a restaurant and was always there for me and he laughed with joy

whenever I visited his wife and his joy was the joy of angels

or therabouts

He called me Susannah and said I was a goddesses and encouraged my mother

or thereabouts

Like dragons and butterflies we all metamorph

or thereabouts

Susannah became a teacher and her family she made into lords

or thereabouts

He was in my kitchen and he wanted his son to become a full partner with no layout of money or thereabouts

My mother looked flustered but Susannah said, Who the heck do you think you are,or thereabouts

His name was Steve as I remember and he was my mentor, my friend, my protector until he reached an age where he envied his protegee

or thereaouts

My town is like that and we all know each other

or thereabouts

And, guess what Steve, my name isn't Susannah

or thereabouts

And although you are now dead, I still won't cry for you

or thereabouts