No Beautiful Woman

Sticker in a taxi
NO BEAUTIFUL WOMAN
STAYS WITH ONE MAN
Black, bold on rainbow

I shift the phrase
Like tiles in Scrabble
On the rack of my brain
Trying to spell SENSE

On the dashboard
I spell and check into
The lexicon of truth
The adage is a winnow
With windows in it

I retrieve my tiles
And note FALLACY
In the files
Copyright © | Year Posted 2009

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May 9, 2009 at 9:18 PM
Very clever, and poignant too, Melvin. Love the reference to the "lexicon of truth." Great poem! Carolyn
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