Puppet X, 4

4 

I'm not a practicing angel, 

ladies and gentlemen

Got these penny wings 

out of boredom

I need to know 

that black and grey place 

inside an angel 

where you bow your head, 

when a puppet 

forgets himself, 

when a man learns 

how small deer laugh

— that we live 

singing about lettuce —

blue lettuce on Thursday… 

(when they turn over a card 

and hand you a rule) 

"a bunny may weep

a bunny may sleep

and a big bunny 

may pray 

once in awhile..."

For I must spend time with them

And we will have our hours 

ready