Watch How It’s Done
Today in a town
back parking lot
where we like
to park I leaned
against the truck
and watched for
a long time a gray
squirrel move a
large enough
brown paper bag
with its mouth
up a tree and out
onto the thinnest
limb where he
waited for the limb
to bow and place
him neatly onto the
three-story roof
and then scramble
across the ridge line
and up an eight foot
chimney and down
into the chimney where
of course he was
building his home
No one said he couldn’t
Presto
You know a rat
When you hear a
Rat in the ceiling
Modern Credo
You have to
Be careful and
Not be too nice
You don’t want
To be looked upon
Suspiciously
Stop Light
With only a few passengers
the bus driver figures
it’s as good a time as any
to comb his hair
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Bob Arnold
Heaven Lake
Longhouse 2018
