The FAB&PP Poem of the Month for May 2010
standing
in the shower
looking out the
cloudy
window
down
into the
neighbor's
flooded
yard
the
duck
trails through
the pond scum
from above
like lifelines
on
a palm
*
running soapy
fingers
through
the remnants
of his coarse
gray
beard
rinsing
abused
and private
areas now
recovering
from one
of the
passing
mysteries
of age
the
doctors
shrug
the
drain screen
is half-
clogged
with
trimmings
life
goes
on
until
it stops