THREE SHORTIES
Posted: December 3rd, 2010, 7:26 pm
and they didn’t even name it after him
He mistook that behind-him steamroller
for a bent-wheeled, rattling baby stroller.
Unheard, its driver yelled, “You jerk!
“Git outa my way! I gotta lotta work!”
Now, as thinly macadamized meat,
he’s part of the city’s newest street.
7/31/10
Night Call
I got the message my bladder sent:
Midnight! Time to get up and pee!
Cursed the darkened house, couldn’t see.
Come day, I’ll find out where I went.
12/2/10
Testosterone Walking
Soft, magnetic night.
Awake, her window beckons.
I am drawn away.
12/3/10
He mistook that behind-him steamroller
for a bent-wheeled, rattling baby stroller.
Unheard, its driver yelled, “You jerk!
“Git outa my way! I gotta lotta work!”
Now, as thinly macadamized meat,
he’s part of the city’s newest street.
7/31/10
Night Call
I got the message my bladder sent:
Midnight! Time to get up and pee!
Cursed the darkened house, couldn’t see.
Come day, I’ll find out where I went.
12/2/10
Testosterone Walking
Soft, magnetic night.
Awake, her window beckons.
I am drawn away.
12/3/10