Should
i
is
the officious landlord of railroad flats
pays
estimated taxes on memories well before April 15
then feeds them into the arrogant shredder
disdains
dangling earrings
and chances
uses
Call Answering
to doublelock doors
hires
a well established family firm
to annul waterfalls
parts
hair in the middle
lovers too
ii
arranges
the best china like sterilized surgical instruments,
then invites the sonnet to a dinner party,
and hangs up its tailored coat—
seeing too late the
explosives strapped above its guest’s fibrillating art.
By Heather Dubrow
Copyright © 2015 by Heather Dubrow.
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