[lit-ideas] Re: Wednesday Poem
- From: David Ritchie <ritchierd@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 30 Aug 2006 22:16:23 -0700
at the end of the day
when we are fully up to our armpits
there's beer in a bar
anchor steam
for two thousand years this has been so
give or take a wine or two
and a few ferns
we witness passages
complain and enjoy those satisfactions words catch
and release
like card dealers we distribute wishes to the blind
knowing that wishes will outlast us all
we savor flavors
expectorate minor virulence
run good stuff over our tongues
lay tiddly thoughts beside buffalo wing bones
on a plate
blow up distress or sex
believe the weight still
drops off
away in the shadows
there's a girl who tic tac toes
maybe imagining not spinning the room with a stare
gingerly saying nothing
her neck says
she also cares
David Ritchie,
Portland, Oregon
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