eating pears beyond repair
and apples too
what else would they do
eating junkets of wine
cereal runneth over
before milking's done
when laughter is sound
there's no more in mix
and cows to go
when whips too quick
mixing dough with hide
caps ring shores
wringing in hide
one pick at a time
restless off
with forgone conclusions
a mickey gets wet
a slobber of joy
mixes with lather
in shades of green and blue
and apocryphal red
tunics and sleeves
slide up to show
in stocks and irons and ladders and dough
the restless sleep and sew
drinking lather from rock
altars bad from good
when you add them up
dress them in high tops and flowers
doors hanging straight yet crooked
houses undecided
which barns to burn and lather
latter boards and springs
dress doors for hunting
when mice oven in
doors for links of grass
together a grass rope
tied by fairies injun doors
slab peanuts to faces
speaking between lines
in droves of pretending ways
the altar boys went silent
not knowing what to do
skins ripen unfriendly
wandering woodgrain baths
cleaning tubs restless
there's doors between
and ladders for climbing
denis streeter 9/23/20
