...into a small dark place:
I'm thinking of sardines again
How the world changes
How things get lost from our lexicon
Like Herring in a Barrel
Becomes
Like Sardines in a Can
They stopped using Barrels
Now
They no longer Can Sardines
In my hometown
At the local Methodist Church
Every Sunday night
We've been playing a version
Of Hide & Seek called "Sardines"
For as long as they've packed Fish in a Can
This year we had to explain what a Sardine is
Why when you pile into a small dark place
In some dusty hideaway where no one goes
It is like Fish packed tightly in a Can
When the thought occurred to me
What would we call this game
Without a reference point?
Can we find something new
That recovers our loss?
I'm thinking of sardines again
How the world changes
How things get lost from our lexicon.
obeeduid~
12/aug/10
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obeedúid~
Location:County Road 201,Voorheesville,United States