Once fit like a glove
- glove doesn't fit, must acquit -
hands swell, or wither
or gloves shrink, or stretch
or crack, or tear, or catch fire
or fall in toilets
or catch a disease
or catch an Artist's paint drops
or catch a bullet
or drop the ball (twice)
or lose their grip on the bat
or signal a walk
or smack the wrong face
or remove your fingerprints
or suffer rope burns
or irritate hands
or become separated
or one unravels
intoxication? or imagination?
i.
infatuation
ii.
intimidating
individual
iii.
injections in joints
interconnection anoints
inspection/ viewpoints
SNOOZE BUTTON BROKEN
stab me with clockhands
cut deep furrows in forehead
erasing smile lines
stroke away sparkle
wrinkle smooth facial canvas
ignoring alarm
internal springs sprung
no second-hand salvation
facial tic(k) tells tales
numbers fast fading
awaiting unwinding hour
embracing alarm
SECOND TIME AROUND AGAIN
Time to disillusion her allusion
Time to include myself in exclusion
Time to pass my gaseous diffusion
Time for a caffeinated transfusion!
Time to repent, (pardon my intrusion)
Time to draw myself out of seclusion
Time to draw an alternate conclusion
Bionote
Chad M. Horn is one of only two living recipients of the Lifetime Achievement Award presented by the Elizabeth Madox Roberts Society, (the other being fellow Kentuckian Wendell Berry). Chad serves as perennial emcee of Kentucky Writer's Day Events held throughout Kentucky.
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