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Alive And Kicking
by Philip F De Pinto
it was no wonder
Mr. and Mrs. N. had not
wee ones to weigh down the laps
of grandparents
or wee ones
to run around the parlor
or on the lawn
or in the play ground
round and round
on the merry go round
it was no wonder
as the Mr. was too busy
prissing and fussing o'er himself
in the full length mirror
night and day
much too busy fawning
over his beloved features
to come to bed
and attend to the business
of making
wee fledglings
to perch on a grandfather's lap
to run around the parlor
on the lawn
or round and round on the merry go round
it was no wonder then
that Mrs. N. would take the first opportunity
to take that mirror
during the rare instance
her hubby was distracted from his looks
to hurl it up toward the ceiling
and what goes up
must come crashing down
and it is no wonder then
that what crashes down
will be reduced to
visual bites
and it is no wonder
that the man who is in love with himself
seeing the love of his life
scattered to smithering bits
will scurry and scamper
for the crazy glue
in order to beat to the punch his wife's broom
which was planning a full sweeping
of the wee visual bits
to toss them in the refuse pail
forever denying Mr. N. access
to her nemesis - which glued and reconstituted
would allow him the encore and refrain
to fawn all over himself
as he did before
to the detriment
of the polaroid - pregnant with film
never to capture
a nativity scene
and what a waste
for a womb
never to know
what it is like
not to be null and void
but alive
and kicking
01/22/2013 Posted on 01/22/2013
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