Alan Inman writes

Grooming

I am a product of good 

grooming, cuff links, neck tie, 

a book of manners walking 

around, without any place 

to put my good graces 

but on the folds of uncouth 

party conversations.

 Robert de Montesquiou -- Giovanni Boldini

Alan Inman writes

Misspelt

Certainly, she knows 

the word she is going for. 

It has appeared on her 

keyboard, but I strike it 

in red, like a venomous 

angry creation, poised 

to rip the ripe page.

 

Alan Inman writes

Ice Pack

Swollen eye shut, I am
the pounded vessel, the hurt
one who wanted to defend
but instead crashed
to the ground, a satellite
with no purpose or sound.

   
-- Pierre Willemin