“walk it by yourself”
to the left and the right
sugar bear’s too tired
feng shui little boy
rearranging furniture
half size of my chair
what strength you have
tiny three year old moving every
chair except mine
everyone with their hat
feeling like i’m at the
kentucky derby
men charleston chapeau
women wear giant straw hats
pink over forty
my father always
“don’t you need a little hat”
well maybe i do
winter and summer
seven to thirty six years
i’m not starting now
even though last year
someone gave me a gift hat
rather have gift horse
large owner’s closet
someone left me new dog bowls
and a brand new leash
but there was no dog
looked everywhere for puppy
not one to be found
are you buying
someone else’s troubles when you buy
furnished condo
not like an old car
only problem getting rid of theirs
bring in yours
saxophone calling
“we’re in this world together”
come float with music
once i bought a hat
went to orthodox synagogue
rabbi said no
you want to marry?
no i certainly do not
i was just divorced
apparently
only married women wear hats
i’m conservative
of course not with hats
i purposely bought that hat
wear to orthodox
men and women can’t
sit together because men
can’t control themselves?
oh the mishegas
if i couldn’t sit with my
mother and father!
i would shoot myself
thank goodness born when i was
feel tallis tassels
orthodox parents
basically that’s all there was
when they were little
luckily they grew up
across the street from each other
in greenville
holding hands services
in the sixties after
conservative built
twenty years marriage
then they’re allowed to sit
together services
but not very long
only thirty nine years
til death destroys numbers
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