ANTS
ROLL IN THE GRASS GET ANTS IN YOUR PANTS
Said Aunt May Gasparini She took us to the Nutcracker
with her daughter René & let us choose anything from
the Eaton’s catalogue I chose a beatnik doll with khol
smudged eyes & black tights My brother requested Pebbles
He later developed an unnatural affection for Frank Zappa
May died young just after she & Remo divorced Our families
lost touch But the back-split ranch house filled with fieldstone
& terrazzo remains a psychic-shrine to 60’s cool Hip parent’s
laughter cigarette smoke Now somewhere back in the Gatineau
May of the sly smile & red hair
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SPRING 2014
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