The Duck of My Life

– with thanks to Susanne Toth

Consider yourself plagiarized, I said
not realizing how close to the bone
your tongue slip had cut.

Duck. A failure. But
that’s not really cricket!

A disease? When the tum is too close
to the ground and I can’t
reach the mike?

Mike left me after the harvest
that was never to be
mine.

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Created in response to Susanne Toth's poem, "Drums", read at Castles of Light on 4 April 2009, Cafe Miles Smiles, Vienna.