In Memoriam
Salvatore R. Campagna
1921-2014
It’s Your Party
Rest in peace sweet Sam.
The time has come to
greet your sisters,
hug your brothers.
Wrap your heavenly friends in the arms
that embraced us all.
Grab a slice of pizza,
a Genny Cream Ale.
Reclaim the
laughing
loving
larger-than-life man,
your former self.
Laugh.
Eat with the relish you once knew.
Grab that doughnut, too.
Laugh.
Feel every emotion that eluded you
in the decade past.
Take
them
back.
Don’t forget your paints, your sketchbook,
your art.
Take all the time you need.
Meander about.
Drink in the
beauty that is sure to enfold you.
It’s your party, love.
Laugh.
Know that we who love you
and many who never even met you,
are holding you in our hearts.
And we’ll laugh too.
With each shared memory that passes our lips
And each shared meal that reminds us of you.
