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Board Administrator Username: mjm Post Number: 4343 Registered: 11-1998 |
Honorable Mention War Memorial Gary Blankenship The man with one leg staggers the stairs from 42nd to 3rd, step by shuffle over broken concrete, shattered bottles, newsprint headlines of tables, tapes and timbre, worried he’s late for an appointment, late for an interview, late to rendezvous, late for work, late for treatment, late for tomorrow, late for the word, late for last call, the last in line A gull missing feathers flies over the cemetery, one eye on the approaching storm, one eye on the stones below, the last to dive, the last to arrive The woman with one eye watches the window-dresser dress a mannequin with one arm, leather vest and skirt, feather hat, sling sandals that speak of banana trees daiquiris, unfiltered cigarettes, unaware she is late for lunch, unaware she will miss happy hour, dinner, coffee on the veranda, his touch, his laughter, how he worries he will be late Across the park, a dog without a tail worries a red shoe and torn stockings Gulls wait near the war memorial |
