ayaladn

perforce a limp

began as ‘tho

an arch’d insole

or ankle twist

as calf & shin

rotate a leg,

the inj’r’d knee,

alleg’dly,

the steno’s l’j

indit’d red

the auto’s path

what time as blue

a crossroad graph’d

the accident

no entry thru

the cabin room,

to compromise

a clean-up crew,

a muddy shoe,

a sole report,

the tense event

a kitchen knife,

in sharper light

the stainless steel

at rest the halves

of photographs,

a redeye stub,

the blue gas flames

a tabby lad

in freckl’d tweed

supposes luck

a tenterhook,

a shoetree, for

the frays & cuffs

of vagabonds,

a stitchless time

of peppermint

a candied store,

the calculus

of lottery,

when she is there

in calico

as fallen to

the sickl’d moon

a tune, to pale

a picket fence,

in thickset slip

a willow switch

to bramble hip,

considerate

a wicker chair,

the wicket wait

a lock as wide

the window seams

inflect, perhaps,

an article as

the to thee,

altho’ as thou

aver a vowel,

a world awakes,

as effortless

in innocent

simplicities

from nothing

noting more

pens’ ultimate

unless, O yes,

the ulterior