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Silence

By Ric Masten

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even Sergeant York missed occasionally
and I'm told
by certain female intimates
that all across the civilized world
women have mopped muttering
if the target is that hard to hit
why can't a man making his stand
just sit?


however women
a musketeer's aim and marksmanship
are not the problem here
as in the game of darts
dead center is NOT
where the big points are scored...
it's the half inch of [ SILENCE ]
at the edge of the pond
the thin strip of porcelain...

[Believe it or not ladies,
every man is a crack shot,
it's just that
in attempting to be soft spoken
we zero in on the spot
where the water isn't
and check it out, there's not much
where the water isn't.
and it's way out at the edge.]

even an expert
flirting this way with the rim
can't be expected to keep all of his darts
on the board...
I don't know who made up the rules
or why
but for some reason prudence
prefers the hush of the hard surface
to the voice of the laughing pool

[Think about it folks, everyone knows
what you're doing in there....
They do it in there themselves....
So why is you would rather die
than be heard doing what you know
they know you're doing?]

it makes no sense at all
considering
the symphony we go through
whistling and coughing
and clearing our throats
when intruders approach in the hall
why not simply
let 'em know we're in there
with the sweet sound of a waterfall?

now there's a liberating thought!
from this day forward
I shall let the work speak for itself
and by so doing
show some real concern
for the clean-up crew
killing two birds with one stone
my sights as well
as my consciousness raised

I for one will blaze away
at the bulls-eye
a welcome visitor
known by women the world over
as a straight shooter


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