Thursday, December 30, 2010
Butcher's street
Pulitzer walked up this street.
A beard to his waist
tucked in a pocket
of his long coat.
Vladimir waived his hand
to him from a distance,
when he was writing
his revolutionary poetry.
Now a dog, an empty bucket
in his muzzle,
walks the street
with a purpose.
Pulitzer walked up this street.
Dazed street whispers
Maiakovsky's verses.
The dog disappeared inside
of the slaughterhouse.
Everybody around here
knows this dog.
After a while he reappeared.
His master is now helping
him to carry a full bucket.
Pulitzer walked up this street,
whole street sighs deeply.
Trolley pole shouts
Maiakovski's verses,
when the streetcar turns
right corner.
Pulitzer and Maiakovski
are now shaking their hands.
Which of them has had the beard?
I don't know.
Did those two ever meet?
I don't think so.
Butcher's Street was in need
of little drama.
What about the dog?
He is inside of his home now.
What about the streetcar?
It still sways thorough the street.
What about the slaughter house?
It is still there.
And what about Pulitzer?
I doubt he knew
anything about Maiakovski's
poetry.
Nearby Butcher's Street
Vltava river washes its banks,
and I keep walking.
Copyright (c) Marie Neumann
Pottsville 12/10/2010
Copyright (c) Marie Neumann
Pottsville, 12/20/2009
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