Monday, December 10, 2018

NOT IN THE BOX



When God dropped by last night he brought with him
A woman who said she was Annie Oakley. I have my doubts;
She was quite tall and had a marked Spanish accent;
Oakley was short and came from Ohio. Still, the woman 
Had a pistol with which she shot off the tip of God's cigar.
God urged me to move for the time being into a box
Designed and built by Joseph Cornell. Ms. Oakley 
 (If that's who she was; I suspect she was a miliciana
Weary of fighting in the Spanish Civil War) shook her head
Very slightly, so I declined though a chance to live
In Cassiopeia II would probably not come again.

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