Monday, November 16, 2009

The Delight of an Hour

I delight in the last hour
Talking to teenage sponges
About the effect of advertising
On the human psyche
Seeing the percent change
In their "mock stocks"
Explaining the function
Of an extensor tendon
On a big right toe
Progress made through
Sir Gawain's vocabulary
Eyes engaged - Love exchanged
Tea sipped from great-grandma's
English tea cups
A delicious hour
Savored until the last minute
Drops

1 comment:

Susanne Barrett said...

Love this! Great poems.

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