THE GULLIVER RODIN
No one, I was told, liked candy or animal crackers
or Oreo’s with orange colored filling.
The candy was the fall Halloween style candy and
the yellow, orange, and white corn that everyone loves.
I filled my round bowl in an artistic way.
All the items were sectioned off and
the resulting composition looked like
a Rodin sculpture, almost.
No one cared for the ingredients of the bowl
and I want to mention that they all claimed
not to like sweets. The evening progressed
with dinner, (A Jack’s Pizza), along with red wine
and little by little the sculptured art work
made up of the afore-mentioned candy and cookies
dwindled in size and at evening’s end
I had four empty wine bottles, plates and forks
along with used cloth napkins plus an absent “Rodin”
The dish that denial had enhanced was
reduced to emptiness. I turned it over.
It had been made in Spain and was mustard yellow
on the outside and sweet potato bronze on the inside.
Everyone remarked on its beauty and proclaimed
that it would be useful as a serving dish of some kind
I thought their insight was spectacular
Stanski
November 11, 2020 ^
Steve Haarman 