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Fish on Wheels

Richard Sherman

Well

Its about those wise things that someone is supposed to tell you at this point

But you know, those wise things they will say do help you a lot

Even if you don't like the wise things that they say

AND BAM THAT'S A POEM MOTHERFUCKER

should I keep the all caps line in or what?

The Cider in the Vat

The neighbors have built a ten foot snow man
I, of course, should make reference to our old
Good Ramon Fernandez glassy-eyed in the night

No.  This snow man shall hover over my neighboring
Street, donned, as he is, in his bermuda straw cap
For, quite simply, eternity.  If you don't like that well

But no.  That's not what you are talking about is it really

There was coal on that beach and sea glass to cut your feet
You really shouldn't stand out in the heat without a good
Coat

There is no coda.  There is no refrain.  These words are put
Together like words are always put together.  Figure that one
Out, Mrs. Costmayor.

Seamus Heaney "Digging"

When someone you really didn't like dies

So there you are looking at the screen again

It's simple. It's an obituary.  It would be what 

The family would put in stone if cutting into

Stone didn't cost so much.  

So there you are, straining for something to

Type in the blinking blinking blinking box

And you think how you could say what a 

Humanitarian the blinking blinking blinking

Person was

But

There should be some reasonable outcome 

But there isn't.  

You can't and you won't

So you don't.

And then it comes to you 

You didn't really dislike the person

Well you did

But you'll have to let it slide

Slide

Slide

Slide

And then you worry that no one will

Mourn 

You.

Ay, Madam. It is Common

I confused dates
And put 32 on a social
Network posting.

I confused my age
And lost something of you
In that because I realized
I realized that I had not
Thought of you

For months
Or years

Surely not 33 years
Maybe just 32 months
Or 32 days
Or 32 hours
Or 33 minutes

You weren't haunting me
On the parapet demanding
Revenge

You were lost to my
Confusion Dad

The post, which I quickly
Deleted stirred some interest
From social network friends
Some acquaintances some
Second hand some
First hand

But I deleted it because
It was a silly thing to share
And I was wrong about the
Year

Being acquainted with the
Ins and outs of social
Networking

I removed you and I removed me
And then we're gone
Both of us.

I've always wanted to never
Have to answer Gertrude's
Question.

Maybe someday.