The
Penultimate Presto Change-o
total and
abstinent
refusal to
disembark
for I know not
where
regions lie
repose
reassemble
factions
loyal to this or
that
reigning
diplomacy
attending
umbrellas
unfolded with
intent
with rejection
with accommodation
late-comers heads
barely covered
barely lowered
bald and hirsute
cream-colored
taffeta
polyester rayon
dacron
slacks not
trousers nor pants
convey the idea
belt
trip to the city
the penultimate
presto change-o
ladders propped
on clouds
bring rain down
diplomatic ipso
facto
weary wet
amniotic
tres chic in
Paris
dog-eared for the
frowning
the cringe factor
ears
debt-collectors
knock and ring and write
socks a-fret with
rain-soak
wring and drip
release
the day's
evaporate
vapor of treading
of breathing of sighs
cumulus ascending
the raven-tufted
crania of newborns
do furrow
the brows beaten
or pristine crease
cumulus decrease
cumulus increase
billowing trachea
adroit
knock-knees saunter
for saunter they
must
raisons d'etre
come easily
ransomed babes
true the lowdown
delivered by email
the cut-rate
demanding delivered by postman
the rat-faced amendments
delivered by middle-men
all gruesome and
forlorn
besmirched by a
needing
traipsed across
dirt soles
crammed with
reluctant gridlock
nobody's going
anywhere
least of all
here