"Two Sevenlings (Three nuggets, three)
(A broomstick knocks) "
Three nuggets, three trees, three fries
on a three container plate. Two goldfish
swim around a dead one. A cricket sounds.
He rocks back and forth, side to side,
slaps his ears. Frogs croaking,
a cat in heat, a siren. Outside the window
a pet store is closed.
A broomstick knocks the floor. A neighbor yells,
“Shut that kid up!” Cops at the door. All around
the mulberry bush the monkey chased the weasel…
He’s too strong to hold on a rocker. His fits too large
for an apartment. She throws the damn thing
out the window. His cries stop.
Two fish flop near a dead one.
© 2006 Karen L. Monahan
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