RE: RE: Personal Ad #6 by Michael Schmeltzer (Poems to rock your Lenten Season)

Here's a poem by a good friend of mine, Michael Schmeltzer, who you will be hearing much more from in this poetry world--

Re: Re: Personal Ad #6 (An Egg, Delicate, Repairs the Days Now Cracked)

When I first heard about the Twin Towers

I thought, “How do we move on from here?”

And the next day I cracked

and poured three eggs on a skillet,

made myself an omelet.

I bought            

boneless, skinless chicken breasts.

I made stuffing.

I baked an apple pie

with an old family recipe,

sprinkling cinnamon

generously over the crust.

In my head I colored each day

like another barn

in a paint-by-numbers landscape.

Do you understand?  

Let me put it this way; when we meet

I will fuck you

so moderately you will not want to call.

But you will.

Each number pressed will feel as rewarding

as stepping over a load

of dirty laundry. Do you know why?

Because we move on
by doing things that bored us before.

by Michael Schmeltzer

Previously published in Rattle #42, Winter 2013

~ Kells


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