[lit-ideas] Re: Wednesday Poem


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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