Before Kickball
Home plate the man hole cover / Pitcher’s mound that line of orange spray paint
JAKE
One Dead Day
“What Should we do with the body?”
Bearded
It bifurcated at the chin and it bulged at the cheeks. It certainly did look like the objects being mimed.
Lake Shore Drive
Behind your grandfather's credenza / I found a photograph,
Childlike
Periodically, I've wanted to extend my youth, / When all the magic seemed to lose its spark,
Two Hooligans Dueling With Their Respective Finger Guns
Eventually the two put their finger guns away as if it had been a draw as each one backed away to different sides of the room.
Not That Story
Trouble was, there was a lot of trouble. Questions I didn’t understand, even though I worked there. A month or so before, I’d run into a group of art-school people sitting together around the curve of a bar, nice people, friendly.