ACCESSORIES NOT INCLUDED

 

PRICE OF A BABY

an infant

on display

in minds

and dreams 

placed subliminally

purchased

over the counter

or under

comes with no accessories

or parts

needed for proper

care 

and functioning

not even a legible manual

with diagrams

names and numbers

and arrows 

but two dimensional 

and

emotional

instructions

for a

multi-dimentional bundle

and

the art

of maintenance

and upkeep

may not be available

at galleries

or museums 

and eroded

or calloused organs

that

could not

read

manuals

or understand recipes

which require

forks to be picked with left hand

and knives

with the right

and

a napkin

placed just so

ahmet cafer celebiler

March 3, 2025

NO JOY FOR OLD MEN

 

LIFE FOR THE AGED

bless the octogenerian

who has got his own

children may have

grand children may show

spouse may hear

own choices

own views

own visions

of the old

left in a desert

to bide away

time left

sun for the bones

wind for the mind

not a country

or time

for the old

but

 timeless

for mankind

dust and sand 

the whirling dervishes

visible to the old

faceless

soulless

merciless

telling the value

of the carcas

to the scavengers

related 

and

unrelated

bone pickers

to be fed

to escape the sun

and the sand 

for a while

till they are ready to 

to be picked 

for their age

and 

utility

and 

placed in the desert

with tears

that are swallowed by the sun

but nonetheless

with a place 

in the desert

 of life

and

of memory

ahmet cafer celebiler

March 3, 2025