Rearden
you’re supposed
to be
outside right now
sweeping the entryway
readying your mind
for the day
and it’s a long one
got a cap and a crown
cavities
to drill down
some wisdom
a bridge
and that stubborn girl’s
coming in
maybe if you’d stuck around
now, we sit there waiting
for you to come around
the corner
and appear in the doorway
with those magnifying eyes
missing nothing
he don’t miss nothing either
you’d like him
Gamotis
he admires your work
as you would his
gonna go see him
this morning
and get a brushing
and hope it’s just that
you know how it is
anyways, things are running
like clockwork
around there
you’d be proud
proud of ‘em
the girls
they kept it together
professional
but you already knew that …
knew they would
(March 10, 1948 – September 14, 2013)
TL