Monday, March 16, 2009

howl - ekphrasis 12

one for the dog



inspired by what they thought they new
of hemmingway's stories of bullfights

with big dinners after the races alongside
women in bright colored dresses and dark make up

they strode into town too early for dinner
too late for a siesta beer and too rich

for the afternoon to pass by without trouble
to start with the first and vibrate

through the rest of the arm
when it hit the dim server on the jaw

wrecked his night and his face
he joined the drunk tourists on their rampage.

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