Sunday, February 5, 2012

Deck Repair at 60

Alone in the digger outback
At the end of Piper Hill Road
Crossed by vulture shadows
Mid-July
I balance precariously the 2 x 8 x 14 skirt board
On my knee
Twenty feet up the bent extension ladder
In my mouth a passel of sixteen-penny nails
Praying nothing shifts                                                   
                                            -Steiger


7 comments:

  1. a world peopled by the unbalanced

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  2. a world peopled by the unbalanced

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    1. just rough sketches. loose, with lots of room for more developed ideas. i think most of your writing should be accompanied by serious illustration, which this completely lacks..

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  3. i disagre. i love the humor, especially c. on the ladder, and library lady. your illustrations bring c.'s poems to life.

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  4. did you get my pong-pome for Lewie?

    Even as I pulled myself across the floor
    Gales of laughter coming out of me
    Accused on massaging the pong score
    It just confirmed my larceny

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  5. ha, i'll have to try it out with the pen. i'm a sucker for rhymes, table tennis, and score accusations.

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