No McDonald’s wrappers, here.<\/p>\n
Only quality sustenance will last through<\/p>\n
twenty four hours of versifying.<\/p>\n
Already, at hour six, we’ve been through<\/p>\n
the four elements, Leonard Cohen,<\/p>\n
mountains and Jesus, eternity and sand.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Already we’re repeating ourselves in every<\/p>\n
stanza, but not attempting a villanelle, and<\/p>\n
going back in time. That’s why they call it<\/p>\n
a marathon. So I started with cantaloupe.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Then sugar snap peas and red, red radishes.<\/p>\n
Yes, a radish is a radish is a radish. I can’t wait<\/p>\n
to\u00a0finish off the macaroons, Magruder’s finest.<\/p>\n
I had two to test the flavors, raspberry and pistachio.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Cookies before noon, not a good idea. So I dip into<\/p>\n
the chef salad, a strip or two of cheese, a cracker.<\/p>\n
The fancy one with salmon I’ll save until the wee hours,<\/p>\n
when only berries and ice cream will really hit the spot.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
T.S. Eliot I’m not, but perhaps he once got a prompt<\/p>\n
to write about cats, and more cats, and that was that.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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