She laughs as the shark <br />stops: just short of her head. <br />Then...both of them: grin! <br />Camera clicks & we finish <br />our Aquarium visit. <br /> <br />******* <br /> <br />Statue cries pigeon <br />shit tears rolling down its face. <br />Once a warrior <br />now merely a worrier <br />about birds and their...ugh...poo! <br /> <br />****** <br /> <br />Insects of the bed <br />creep here...craw there...everywhere . <br />I smile at this <br />infestation of the sheets <br />your hairpins...free of your hair. <br /> <br /> <br />***** <br /> <br />Registration time. <br />'Sir...Sir! ' he screams '...I've got you...' <br />'...for frus tration! ' You sure have! <br />I tick off his name in red. <br /> <br />Happy Christmas Al...just listened to you on the radio with your brother. You are a real talent and a delight. Please accept these little titbits in homage to your wit and invention. <br /> <br />love Dónall of Dónall<br /><br />Dónall Dempsey<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/very-unchristmassy-christmas-tankas-for-the-one-and-only-al-and-his-mandolin/
