For Bob Newhart

(Alan Light, Flickr)

By Lawrence “Mack in Texas” Hall

“He will not refuse one who is so blithe to go to Him”

-Saint Thomas More in A Man for All Seasons

With just a telephone, a clipboard, and a stutter

He was a happy band of some of our best friends:

May we with him

At last approach that Inn where all are welcome

The joy he gave us proceeds before him

The angelic choirs soften their hum and throb

Because

That loving Voice we all most long to hear

Will gently say,

“Hi, Bob.”

What do you think?