Tuesday, February 20, 2007

10:30 am

One stands and sways in torn jeans and a tan jacket.

His paunch hanging under a worn red shirt that appears

Like a junior-high overbite. It is 10:29 am.


The other - a plaid sweater-coat, is calm

And short…collected, cool, knowing the wait

Will be worth the score. It is 10:29 am.


The door is shut but the lights are on –

Movement within. Signs that the first in will receive

His due. It is 10:29 am.


A beard and a bow-tie hover above

On the red-striped brick building, a remnant of

A southern past. It is 10:29 am.


At 10:30, the Colonel opens his doors.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Ronald McDonald could kick the Colonel's a**. AND, Ronald McDonald opens his doors in time for breakfast.