What To Do Without Stew

For Stew Albert 1939-2006

We've had a year to ask:
"What do we do without Stew?"
When the shit hit the fan
He knew what to do

Talmudic scholar and acidhead Miss Manners
Gentle Brooklyn baritone searching for bottom line truth
Scorning lies with dry ice wit
And injustice with Wilde soulful socialism

We miss him
He knew we would
And left matzoh crumbs

Follow them and what he called his "uncontainable need to test my bravery"

What to do without Stew?
Those who knew him know
They know what he knew:

You.

Know.

What.

To.

Do.

----- Los Angeles, CA, April 26, 2007