9 AM
18 AUG 09
A LITTLE BREAKFAST
BEFORE HIS SUMMER CAMP
MY WORK
2 SAUS MCGRIDS FOR HIM
#11 TWO SAUS EGG BISC MEAL FOR ME
ALL HYDROGENATED?
MOST LIKELY
LEGO CAR FOR MY BOY
WE SIT
EAT
GOTTA FEED MY BOY
HES DISTRACTED BY HIS TOY
PUTTING STICKERS ON IT
THEN IM DISTRACTED
TO MY LEFT
ABOUT 11 O CLOCK
SITS AN AFRICAN AMERICAN MAN
SIXTIES
CAP GLASSES T SHIRT SHORTS
HES HOLDING HIS COFFEE CUP FUNNY
ARTHRITIS?
NO
MISSING A FINGER
THE MIDDLE ONE
HIS OTHER FINGERS HAVE GONE CROOKED
BY COMPENSATING FOR THE LOSS
NORMALLY ID WONDER HOW HE LOST IT
THE SCREAMING BLOOD AND PAIN
OF LOSING THAT FINGER
BUT IT SO DOESNT SEEM TO MATTER TO HIM
THAT IT DOESNT MATTER TO ME
ITS HIS RIGHT HAND
HE SIPS HIS COFFEE
READS THE PAPER
TO MY LEFT
9 O CLOCK
AT THE BEVERAGE STATION
AN ASIAN MAN
FIFTIES OR SIXTIES
BLUE TRACK SUIT
SERVES HIMSELF COFFEE
HIS RIGHT HAND
HES MISSING THE BOTTOM HALF OF IT
THE RING AND PINKIE FINGER
AND THE KNUCKLES AND PALM THAT GO WITH THEM
ARE MISSING
SO THAT HIS WRIST ENDS
AND CURVES UP TO HIS MIDDLE FINGER
HIS HAND IS VERY THIN
BUT FUNCTIONING
HE FINISHES FILLING HIS COFFEE
AND WALKS OUT
I SKETCH AND MAKE NOTES FOR THIS POEM
I TELL MY BOY WHAT HAS DISTRACTED ME
HE ASKS
ARE YOU MAKING FUN OF HIM?
I SAY NO
JUST THAT SOMETIMES IN LIFE
STUFF LIKE THAT HAPPENS
YOU LOSE A FINGER
YOU ADAPT AND GO FORWARD
LIKE A DOG THAT LOSES A LEG
HE JUST GETS BACK UP ON THREE
AND ASKS WHATS FOR DINNER
MY BOY SAYS HE SAW ON CLIFFORD ON PBS KIDS
A DOG LOST HIS HIND LEGS
SO IT GOT ROBOTIC LEGS
WHEELS
WELL CHECK OUT 3 LEG DOGS
AND WHEELIE DOGS ON YOUTUBE I SAY
NO LONGER DISTRACTED
WE FINISH OUR SANDWICHES
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