Shoulder MRI
Image: “Graphing Uncertainty V” by Christine Crockett. “Shoulder MRI” was written by Elizabeth McMunn-Tetangco for Rattle’s Ekphrastic Challenge, February 2024, and selected as the Editor’s Choice.
Shorthand 6-Pak Rondelet
Too long; didn’t read
Didn’t want to miss Stranger Things
Too long; didn’t read
Watched Batman on YouTube instead
Of reading about men with wings
Or women having flings with kings
Too long; didn’t read
Cheap Motels of My Youth
They lay somewhere between
the Sleeping In The Car era
and my current and probably final era,
the Best Western or Courtyard Marriott era.
Tabletop Pantoum
The calendar is on the table
next to the three-hole punch.
The coffee is cold in the cup.
There is a jar holding pens.
Abecedarian for Alabama Libraries
Alder to ash: what can be sacrificed,
boned, defanged, let it be. Burn it to
cinders to keep children civil.
Don’t end until not only paper’s
extinguished, but cards & computers, too.
Stray Instrument
The secretary has announced
over the intercom that
there is a stray French horn
in the building
and will you please
keep your eyes open
for it.