Poem from the book IMPULSES
Hearing Aid
Growing forgetful in glory
thoughts you never had in youth
but when the chickadee chirps
you tune in your hearing aid
bask in the shape of your
statue honing fine verse
in your serene walk through
the park confer the shape
of untouched vulva
no one asks you for detail
yet you do this to persuade yourself
you can still
recite deep verse though you’re
as fritzed as the hearing aid you like
to tune in to the chickadee’s chirp
Manolis 