Much shorter

Years before the blog I wrote a poem with an elephant with an antimacassar on its head and  hippopotamus. Then I buried it in one of the volumes of poetry I had written. This morning Sam Portaro, a good friend, emailed it back to me. I still like the poem but realize I write a lot shorter these days. I also use punctuation. Gifts: they're everywhere.

Gifts

Come everywhere

All the time.

When the next one

Will turn up

Well

It’s hard to know.

That’s why

They’re gifts.

Today I found

An elephant, a hippo

In my in-box.

I learned.

I write poems a lot shorter

These days.

Much shorter.