Some Enchanted Evening

Picdeer

A world awakes.

Sun swarms sky.
Trees loom grey.

Hours wax warmer.
Years still chill.

Cassowaries lurk
in hallways
afraid to pounce.

A tuba plays Bach.
A kazoo hums Mozart.

Money casts a
shadow of illusion,
swallowing true love.

Sex sings silently.

Drunken cats
bark and fetch.

Laughter fills
despairing eyes.

A clock chimes,
too late.

It is all so far
away and near.

Without fear,
a man shines
his shoes before
his final date.

A dinner, a movie
seduction by fate.

Unlikely dream.
Impotent scheme.

Hot within
his head,
the old fool
can’t wait.