Today I met a nameless man
His name was Jeff Hoffman
I met a placeless man
His place was the concrete
When i first met this nameless man
With the God given name Jeff Hoffman
I knew a lot about him
And nothing about him
His mouth half smothered
His own shirted arm the smotherer
His frame twisting curves
His brain missing waves
This nameless man unknown
This man named Jeff Hoffman
Encircled by humans too afraid
Alone in an island of concern and decay
This nameless, placeless, nearly lifeless
This man named Jeff Hoffman
Pulseless and cold at his extremities
A fluttering moth of pulse at his throat
Ravaged breathing
Savaged breathing
This nameless man
My man Jeff Hoffman
As good samaritans slowly descended
Few and far between
Enough of us gathered
And a nurse on scene
This nameless man
My man Jeff Hoffman
His breathing stopped
His life unclocked
We turned nameless man
Our man Jeff Hoffman
Onto his broken back
Onto the broken tarmac
Into a cradled embrace
With a breath pump to his face
His separated pallete
His face fought freely
The intake of life
But easily bubbled blood as foam
This unknown nameless man
STAY WITH US JEFF HOFFMAN!
I gathered the cry
We are here Jeff Hoffman!
We know your name
Mr Hoffman
Jeff
We got you Jeff
We got you Jeff
You can do it Jeff
The Paramedics are almost here
Jeff
Stay alive Jeff
Stay alive
You are no longer a nameless man
Even if you likely are no longer a living man
You are the immortal Jeff Hoffman
You are placeful, humanful and namefull
I met a nameless man
His name is Jeff Hoffman
