Old Standard
Tuesday cobbling up
a behemoth custom cabinet,
at quitting time consider
how it might fit through
the customer’s front door;
then out with the wife
that evening to the park,
a jazz concert, open air,
we bring wine and chairs.
I swig and backward lean,
lost in svelte trombone,
open my eyes to notice
left of stage, the band’s
moving van, extra tall,
on the side written bold
“This trailer is 9’6”, not 8’6””
Dammit I knew
I recognized that song.
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in inches and feet…
i like the ‘backward lean’
Love this ! Surprise ending!
I love how this poem is a song: the “c”/”q” sounds at the outset, the end rhyme and “l”s in the second, the coda. Its rhythm springs from the jazz concert.
fun, and nicely done
I swig and backward lean,/lost in svelte trombone
Nice! And love the ending.