Costco
Reading Glasses
Thanks for returning
My tortoise shell
Reading glasses
To the patio table
Where I left them
Last Sunday
Only to rediscover
Them this morning
Patterned
Over in houndstooth
Smudges
Ear pieces
Pocked with
Tooth marks
Upwards
Of a thousand
The larger ones
To be fair
Inflicted
Before your time
Otherwise
Good as new no
Harm no foul no
Questions asked
Except
(this, only to satisfy a curiosity)
Why
Corrective lenses
Of all things
What
With
God given
Crackerjack
Visual acuity
Not to mention
Lack of discernable bridge.
The Shiny Object Theory
Holds no water when
You factor
In the diamond
Pinkie ring
Left untouched
Near an unmolested
Waterford salver
Heaped with baubles.
Ruling out
Incipient kleptomania
Vanity then
An accessory
To balance
Bushy
Extravagance
Perhaps
A glimpse
In the side view
Of my car
Planting seeds
Of doubt
Rectangular frames
Jarring
On the plush almond
Of your face
Less than
The desired cowboy
Essence of Governor
Rick Perry
Essence of Governor
Rick Perry
More like
Some twitchy rodent
Peering out
Over a pair
Of Costco
Reading glasses
On a summer’s worth
Of winter stores.
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