thnx u for this, Mr. Marc Steven Mannheimer…
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a chain of thought about writing brought me to Steven Smith, and from there to a helpful realization. so I wrote this one about a fine muse.
for Smith
by Marc Steven Mannheimer
observe the bent bone man
the cracked frame
the bowed vertical suspension
he might know, if anyone
the way of poetry
the way to walk around the block
to feed the bird, the bee, the knee, the dog
please the lady, be the benefactor
his ways, strange
but his being neutralizes karma
the noxious fumes we consume
achy bakey man
sizzling wisdom wonton, fortune cookie man
his time sublime, no lock-stop flock
bides the Earth on patient clock