Old and New 2 : Boardroom

OLD AND NEW 2 : BOARDROOM Jackal preyed on dimpled dolls smiling gold on slender wrist nosing down a slippery path scowling schoolboy promoted beyond his mediocre castle Mammals sat on polished teak coiffed moustaches, tonged peaks feeding unclipped grapevines old words and wounds eating raisin muffins Falcon scribbled notes watching eyes serving newly ordained masters legalese from a previous age flowed from fine shifting fingers in a cage Overgrown thyroid sat there his infantry lost in teeming townships blaring transistors interrogators of another time peeped at a polished tiger-eye on his seat Minds like noisy tools drilled atomic holes in the boardroom table beaded headdresses falling from fat oozing french seams They will learn Christmas carols in mint retirement homes when the table losses its legs ©GhairoDanielsPoetry1997