Mary Cresswell
Chef’s Special
VERY SORRY.
WE CLOSED.
We tried to open, but
as you might suppose
we closed. Very closed.
We sorry.
For very years, we predispose
to open (cf. a perfect rose)
and in the night
we close. We never worry.
Sorry. Closed.
Suppose we vary closed?
You be very wary: God knows
though you stand in serried rows
we stay sorry.
We stay closed.
Mary Cresswell is a science editor from Los Angeles, lives in New Zealand, and has published in such journals as Light Quarterly, Umbrella, The HyperTexts and Raintown Review. Her book of satirical verse, Nearest and Dearest, will be published by Steele Roberts (Wellington, NZ) in early 2009.
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