Tuesday, April 15, 1997

napoleon's buried treasure

bowl filled with green
having not eaten in two days
and he can't seem to slide
from the hump of the desert
horse he rides far too much

stacking bananas
in piles sorting through
yellow and green colors mixed
blue headed men and women
arrive by the bus load to this spot
consumers-all they are

buy this, buy that, by the way
he is hoping to whip
a ride off the beaten path
and catch a ray of hope on these
new endeavors

he kicks the water
two or three times
to communicate with the dolphins
tricking the fishermen
who think they are tuna
and he eats the sandwich with some
juice on the side waiting
to see if he can find the gift
napoleon has left
his buried treasure
he can't seem to shake the beetle
right now
followed the miser again yesterday
dirty bastard must have found an escape hatch
somewhere down the road

shiny silver polished once is now dull
does not help the high wire balancing act
or his bones from splitting apart
any luck with the cat chase
or will dog eat dog
and circle and sleep again?
soon he will be home
until then. . .

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