B. Downing's Shirt Weapon</a> <link rel='stylesheet' href='http://arsonism.org/devaney/ndxz-studio/site/sample/style.css' type='text/css' /> </head> <body> <table align="center" width="500"> <tr><td> <h3>B. Downing's Shirt Weapon</h3> <p class="p2"><br></p> <p class="p1">This morning I found your sonnets.</p> <p class="p1">They don't look like sonnets.</p> <p class="p1">I think you're making it up.</p> <p class="p1">I should read them again before going on</p> <p class="p1">though it's difficult to wait.</p> <p class="p1">Despite the care, when you're here</p> <p class="p1">we won't figure it out any better.</p> <p class="p1">Holes are perfect for making the wallpaper look good,</p> <p class="p1">patterns waxed and unglued.</p> <p class="p1">Using spackle, or spectacle,</p> <p class="p1">might make us more honest.</p> <p class="p1">I want to say <i>submerged</i> but not be held to it.</p> <p class="p1">There is plexi-glass</p> <p class="p3"> and a single speaker behind something</p> <p class="p4"> out of view.</p> <p class="p1">The crease wrinkles my world.</p> <p class="p1">I roll the ball on the green before the game,</p> <p class="p1">paint the gallery walls myself—</p> <p class="p1">searching for a spot to hang them out.</p> <p class="p5"><br></p> <p><i> Thomas Devaney</i></p> <p class="p5"><br></p> <p class="p5"><br></p> </body> </html>