Lift of a kite – whimsically in pillowy
scraps & nonsensical paper
twists, trailing 8-times its length.

The peculiar Richard Babley, nicknamed
Mr. Dick, was weighed down
by the troublesome thoughts of King Charles I,

although the monarch had been recently
beheaded. The way a father
strict father can stomp over the footprint

of an eager to please son, the way
a strict math teacher quells
the contemplative questions

of a young student.  Mr. Dick
schemed with David to build a kite
with long side tails trailing, embellished

with paper swatches from King Charles’
funeral. They glide like ragged bellwethers
above the rocky beach. King Charles

is finally released. Wind whips
the ascending kite, propels it toward
to the stratosphere & rewrites the script.