2 slice of Lemmon 1995

2 slice of Lemmon was a book of poetry I put together following the death of my young brother Dean from lung cancer.  It is a collection of older poems and some thoughts which were rushing around in my head at the time of Dean's passing - not sure where some of them came from or how they made it to paper as it was a difficult time for our family and although I seemed to take his loss well at the time it took a few years to finally hit me.  The introduction to the book sums Dean up well - a Whimsical Spirit:

"In May this year a spirit died.  Not the immortal kind you dream of for guidance, but a wicked spirit.  A spirit who questioned.  A spirit who mocked. A spirit who lived life way past the full, towards greedy.  A spirit who shone bright and a spirit who hung over love as some familiar friend.  Dean Lemmon was a tutor and a looter, he stole your heart and offered you times way beyond your imagination.  Anyone who felt short changed by Dean was emotionally dead.  Dean Lemmon 1962 - 1995".

At the time of his death Dean was well on his way to being a successful writer of situation comedies.  One of his first screen plays "Stand up the Falls Guys" reached critical and commercial success.  I also retain several of his uncompleted works and still today dip into them for inspiration or just a good laugh or cry.  They continue to amaze me with their grip on the human condition and our limited emotions.