Rustic Garden
i settle in my seat trying to understand why it was
solely the waitress’s choice as to whether i get three
chicken strips or four with my entrée john walks
over to see the daily offerings before deciding on his
before-meal slice of pie jason & paul discuss the
old west décor of this place & then both choose the
fried catfish sandwich platter that comes with an
apple-sweet coleslaw a mid-september day in
missouri with dear friends a good memory a
great treasure you stumble upon & carry down every
street
john says he once found
an old elvis head that had
two diamond eyes
.
My Daughter Visits Her Old Man
it was for sure a conversation about diabetes
or cpap machines low-carb tortilla shells
or how many nightly meds i’m up to now
but i honestly don’t remember which one it was
when my grandson interrupted by walking a
crooked line spinning in a circle-ish manner
throughout the living room & chanting the
words over & over again i wanna rock rock!
i wanna rock rock! we laughed & joined
along chanting with him a couple times until a
noise in the other room caught his attention
causing him to stop & go silent unsure
what it was he went to investigate & we
went back into our conversation
fallen picture frame…
me a young man with no
old man problems
© Victor Clevenger
Victor Clevenger spends his days in a Madhouse and his nights writing. Selected pieces of his work have appeared in print magazines and journals around the world. Together with American poet John Dorsey, they run River Dog.
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