WAITING

 

WAITING FOR PEOPLE AND THINGS

used to wait

for toys

and new clothes

shoes to sleep with

in case they do not survive the first night

toys

books

father

and other friends

needing feeling needed

now

it is gargantua and pentagruel

offspring of 

le grandgousier

chaucers pilgrims

at canterbury and elsewhere

and

people of boccaccio

desperate and joyous

even gorgons

my muses

while grounded

a peripheral ganglion

a household gargoyle

on guard duty

to ward of harmful spirits

reigning over the agora

of offspring 

children and 

one playfull 

biting

pet 

in a safe home

free from

the grande guignol

of these years

ahmet cafer celebiler

May 28, 2025