4.25.2008

the prestige years


four and twenty ways wound
so loose all over
and tight in the right places
blowing billows under the lampshade
and over the porcelain sumo
reminding me in their receding depth
of the clouds an hour ago
departing doug with definition
designs on holiday inhalations
accompanied with accomplishment
personified, miles, in early expert
no one here but my keen sense
and the detective's eye
trained by Goren and Rockford
tells me they're tying rope
probably at Aubrey's
jealous a little but cognisant
of how easy it all is and small
so a trip through Brooklyn
for a sip of bourbon
something intoxicating and tall

By Robert Lescatre
Photo: Sarah Aubrey

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