A polaroid, 17 years later - Shakespeare's Monkeys

a polaroid, 17 years later

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a boy eats a bologna sandwich
at his grandmother's table
(holes
through his denim slacks
stains all over his white
t-shirt)

lemonade,
too sugary,
dribbles down his chin

a red tricycle waits
for him
just outside.

Sketch From a Polaroid

Rene' -

I love this picture, especially since I have been going back down memory lane in my picture box. My only question is the 'denim slacks'. I have never heard denim and slacks used to describe each other. My mind read 'jeans' in place of slacks and I didn't realize it until I read it for a second time.

----- could someone turn the world back over, I'm getting dizzy!

I am orbiting, I don't know where, but I am orbiting something!

Derma Kaput -
This is kind of interesting, and I like the way it ends, though it lacks your usual pizzaz. Is this based on a real polaroid, or something out of your imagination?

Anstey -
I'm not sure how i feel on that. Denim slacks makes it feel older to me.

Rene' -

I guess it could also be a regional difference in language, that is very possible you know. For me, the picture of the tricycle made it feel older for sure.

----- could someone turn the world back over, I'm getting dizzy!

I am orbiting, I don't know where, but I am orbiting something!