Solitaire’s Private World


A spider cocooning its fresh catch.

Splayed on crucifixes, 3 monkeys
cover eyes, ears and mouth.

Captive in shelter-cage,
a dog lifts heavy eyes.

Its horn removed,
a rhino bleeds.

Wall Street’s opening bell
rung by a tagged bear.

A rat calculating
with an abacus.

Mr. Cockroach as “Thinker,”
sitting before pollution-dense New York.

An ancient tortoise holding 18th hole flag
on empty weed-infested golf course.

Behind a stage…

The Valedictorian
bides what time is left
playing solitaire with
his “Creature Wisdom” cards.