Poetry: Untitled #8

[nebroadwe]

Cash-green roof slates crash
Onto sidewalk, shattering.
Must get a man in.

(What he'll charge makes me conclude
He shingles with dollar bills.)

[Crossposted to just_tanka.]

Comments

[nateprentice.livejournal.com]

the condo doesn't pay for it?

[nebroadwe.livejournal.com]

Aha! See, that's what they call the "biographical fallacy" -- the assumption that literature should be interpreted in light of events in the author's life. But my roof is a) not slate-shingled; and b) fine. Thank goodness. And, yes, the condo would pay for it if bits did fall off. Which I devoutly trust they will not, at least not in any catastrophic fashion.

[nateprentice.livejournal.com]

Just checking.

[nebroadwe.livejournal.com]

Thanks. [chuckle] Nice to see my poetry has an impact on people.