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for someone caught in the paper claw
of a corporate world
the watercolor hanging in his office
was good enough
to be terrible distracting
he had talent alright
enough
to keep one small part of his mind
waving free
like Ahab's arm
beckoning from that elusive dream
but how do you ask an orthodontist
to take the bands off the kid's teeth?
i mean
do you go to him and say
"remove the braces Dr. Bently
i'm running off to the islands
to be an artist
and i can't afford them anymore"
or do you get a pair of pliers
and do it yourself?
the young and romantic
might find this hard to believe
but you simply cannot get to Tahiti from here
--from I Know It Isn't Funny but…
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