| 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. |
The Coming of the Toads 