August 2018
Perry S. Nicholas
perrynicholas53@aol.com​
I am a Professor of English at Erie Community College North in Buffalo, N.Y.  I have 5 books, 4 chapbooks, and 1 CD of poetry. I am married to Maria Sebastian, a well-known singer/songwriter, and we perform our poetry and music together at many venues in the WNY area. For more information please visit my website: www.perrynicholas.com

​THE SWEATER
 
 
In the park, I choose to wear a pea green sweater,
a bulky cardigan with stretched-out sleeves
I would never have thought of putting on
thirtysome years ago, even twenty,
but how I would ever know that
had I not taken the time to rest here,
beneath the slumping trees and years,
is beyond the reach of any young man.
The time to take out a mechanical pencil
and small Tibetan pad, snag the lead
on the loose-knit, curse not half
as vehemently as I might have in 1979,
if I only had the nerve to wear it then.
©2018 Perry S. Nicholas
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