You begin telling a funny story then stop
insisting your delivery is off a few cents
as if you were comparing musical pitches . . .
You assume tomorrow will arrive as scheduled
with makeovers and callbacks and returns . . .
Not unlike most of us, yes? . . .
Bring the car around, it's time . . .
Shall we continue into the second stanza
which was left flopping around on the wet sand? . . .
I can't believe it's you
but in fact it is . . .
looking small yet provocative
for the part you've chosen from scraps of paper
blowing around the gazebo . . .
There was a time . . .
Forget it . . . That was back when timetables
ran the show and the button
signifying the next move
was visible to all, even those in the nosebleed section . . .
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| Antonio Palmerini |