Thursday, July 18, 2024

Grasshopper May 6, 2012

 

 

I see her run into his office

with pad in hand and I get jealous

thinking of old Episodes of Kung Fu,

 where the elderly master

 offers instruction to his pupil,

 the word "grasshopper" leaping to mind,

although she uses the word "cub"

to describe herself, with me, and now with him,

 the next face on this small totem pole,

 she reaches for, mine already history in her mind,

 a set of shoulders for her to stand on

so she can embrace the next face,

 and he, gobbling up all her attention,

the perfect mentor,

who aches to have someone like her

 with her big eyes,

 looking adoringly at him,

even when it’s clear

 she see passed him.


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