This poem is very familiar, but why the quote marks? when did I write it? I suppose it was meant to be an imitation of one of Michael's small heavy objects, but whenever I think I've written an homage, no one else does. I couldn't say within 10 years when I wrote it. I think I like it.
The Indian Maiden’s Head
for Michael Scholnick
“the middle class”
kicking around the reservoir
“is propitious”
When I was a cowboy
what mattered?
Middle class Indians
solemn as formica sit neatly under hair
dryers. These days I gun
for those who look like me
or ritzy highstepping
severance. Just exactly
how
do you do.
“How long do you expect to stay
married?” She looks like me.
The Indian Maiden’s Head
for Michael Scholnick
“the middle class”
kicking around the reservoir
“is propitious”
When I was a cowboy
what mattered?
Middle class Indians
solemn as formica sit neatly under hair
dryers. These days I gun
for those who look like me
or ritzy highstepping
severance. Just exactly
how
do you do.
“How long do you expect to stay
married?” She looks like me.