• 

went from being a
kid barefoot in
fountain’s

heartfelt
wishes

to kissing fists
and filling
ditches..

every weekday,
from day’s
first

rooster through
to numbest
noons,

my skull’s full of
hammers

and mind just
split off for
another
spin..

around throbbing
tooth moon.

++++

went from being the
kid in damp
boots
to..

the stranger in
a booth.

Grumpy Gorman
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image adapted from photo by Jerome Liebling at – https://collections.artsmia.org/art/100534/man-in-restaurant-booth-weirton-west-virginia-jerome-liebling