The Coming of the Toads

A Notebook – Since 2007

Deep-seated

 

near the chair
wear and tear
consonant care		 Drill root canal
fill with sap		 Pull with hand held pliers
Palaver with prayer		 white bib
with metal
dental clips
Augh!  Augh!  Haircut
at the barber’s
another chair
alt form		 of chair palaver
and prayer		 white apron
neck to knees		 stare ahead
an acolyte
moving
chair to chair		 mold to mold
meal to meal		 measure
for measure		 stool to stool.
At the beach
chairs open
to the water		 umbrellas fill the air
the wind offshore beach chairs deep-seated in warm sand.
At the dark food carts the loos busy
a line of heirs await thrones at the top of each loo
a lantern flares.  Sit still.

 

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