Old Wooden Spoon

the one you filed down to a spatula
remember it? It's still going strong
I'm back to rice and sautéed veg
so I see it a lot
4 decades is a long time
Hope you don't want it back
after all, you did take all my LPs
I haven't learned much
I still flounder over the
how are we going to make this work
conversation


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He

is a hole
in the ground
with a cover
made of pages
torn from odd magazines
hardened
and stuck together
with self
abuse

Maybe you'll walk nearby
get interested
fall in

After chewing your meat
he'll grind
your bones
into a coarse powder
then hide you
and forget you

If you're free tonight
do come see me


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