Pablo Neruda (calls again)
I hate interruptions.
Ignore the knock at the
door.
When a poem lacks a certain word,
the right word takes it’s time.
the right word takes it’s time.
Go away
Oh, the comma!
The little tip of the fingernail fish,
when placed, just, so,
acts as a chicane¹
to
slow
the
reader’s
run.
Concentration shimmers at the first ring.
The display on the phone reads
Pablo Neruda
Don’t answer that!
The little tip of the fingernail fish,
when placed, just, so,
acts as a chicane¹
to
slow
the
reader’s
run.
Concentration shimmers at the first ring.
The display on the phone reads
Pablo Neruda
Don’t answer that!
Pablo Neruda has called again.
Deep breaths… concentrate…
Admit it,
part of me wants to
ask him, “About Picasso2?”
Breathe… deep breaths…
look at the page…
pick up the pencil…
I hate interruptions.
Ignore the knock at the
door.
When a poem lacks a certain
word,
the right word takes it’s time.
¹ chicane
n: a movable barrier used in motor racing; sometimes placed
before a dangerous corner to reduce speed as cars pass in
single file http://dictionary.die.net/chicane
2 He shared the World Peace Prize with Pablo Picasso and Paul Robeson in 1950. In 1971, he won the Nobel Prize in Literature.
the right word takes it’s time.
¹ chicane
n: a movable barrier used in motor racing; sometimes placed
before a dangerous corner to reduce speed as cars pass in
single file http://dictionary.die.net/chicane
2 He shared the World Peace Prize with Pablo Picasso and Paul Robeson in 1950. In 1971, he won the Nobel Prize in Literature.
--Jim
Aaron
