Three Gatherings

1. Penury

In the funhouse on the river
bald lizard men discussed smoke
and Russian women, whose bodies
are shaped with plastic, like dolls.

2.  Trial

The Catholic boys in the courtyard
tossed a football and ducked
their father, who kept giving them
chores about the family restaurant.

3. Joy

There was a gathering of egrets
waiting shyly out in the cold...
they knew nothing else.