The Tapeworm of Selfish Mammon Eats All the Good Will in the World
by Bill Yarrow
She caretakes, he takes care
She is inclusive, he feels occluded
She takes on all comers, he takes on all commerce
She's out on a limb, he's still on the lam
She has a Bachelor's in Niceness, he got his Master's in Tasks
She hurt her thumb in yoga, he bumped his head in law school
She begs to differ, he begs to defer
She collects curios, he licks Oreos
She works all the angles, he walks the perimeter
She flies east to Cape Hatteras, he drives north to Cape Cod
She is inclusive, he feels occluded
She takes on all comers, he takes on all commerce
She's out on a limb, he's still on the lam
She has a Bachelor's in Niceness, he got his Master's in Tasks
She hurt her thumb in yoga, he bumped his head in law school
She begs to differ, he begs to defer
She collects curios, he licks Oreos
She works all the angles, he walks the perimeter
She flies east to Cape Hatteras, he drives north to Cape Cod
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Author's Note
This poem appeared in Issue 13 of Mad Hatters' Review.
Link to audio: http://www.madhattersreview.com/issue13/poetry_yarrow.shtml
Thank you Ann Bogle and Marc Vincenz!
This poem appears in Pointed Sentences (BlazeVOX, 2012).
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Yes. I love the rhythm and this work’s sensibility. Mais oui!
Good balance here, Bill. Nice read.*
This is perfect and I see them instantly. *
Yin and Yang.
Fave, Bill. Well done. Cliff Notes of marriage in a poem of just 86 words.
"She collects curios, he licks Oreos" - that there just about describes my life. *
* (yesterday without comment). I like the woman/man binary phrased in terms of decision, fresh terms or fresh terms of decision. The title heaves its full weight without affecting the woman/man in it.*