Sunday
Jan032010
The Art of Impression Management
January 3, 2010 at 5:20AM
Pop-eyed and lugubrious
to the waistcoat born,
patting the bottoms
of his young charges
in that prelapsarian age
while he patrols
his academic satrapy.
He rotates his head
as if underwater
when yet another
disappearance is announced.
“Who could do such a thing?” he asks
during Tuesday’s
Whist Night at Dr. Nathan’s
and in the foxed silence
which ensues
lays down the four of clubs,
and carries off the trick.
Reader Comments (1)
dear Johnny
the entire poem rolls off the tongue very nicely
and 'prelapsarian' is an excellent choice.
a wonderful offering to start off the new year
very much enjoyed
silent lotus