Vienna sausage appendages
Little painted pebbles
Show dog appendage shovel digger push flaps
Strapped, covered, platformed
In some old book there is a story about these pads and hoofs
Almost every season tells you what to do
Everyday we multiply by two
When they're taken away, we build new ones or make due
Useful
Never subtle
A dead give away behind a curtain or modern stall door
Root of all achievements
Second fiddle to thumb on a timeline
Those events seemingly pointing
Never grazing
Using a stick to gather ants
A disproportioned torso
Until water is there
Or jaguar is near
Gathering's silent partner
Not really a grab
Engine over utensil
Foe to magic show or crummy act
Bringing the ball upfield
Having a ball
Spinning, chasseing, one, two, three
Glass slippered and on the lamb
Never playing handsies
Rarely holding
Much less idle
Mittened with a tube, ne'er gloved
Shoved against gravity
Sized up
US, European, Mens and Womens
Pumped, gladiatored, laced, shined, flipped and flopped
Pyramids built for them
In case of emergency
Timed for sport
(can't say as much for clapping or even drumming)
Made the man
Grand collaborator in automobile
But not if you ask automatic shifting and cruise control
Second class, extra, uncredited
Puss has a favorite
Soak, cure, file and clip
Gene Kelly knew
Fred Astaire knew
Even Jean Claude Van Damme knew
Jackie Chan
Baryshnikov
Gazelle, cheetah, wolf, toad
But we're so easily enamoured:
lemur, koala, orangutan, squirrel
Falcon, eagle, pelican show what's possible
Don't blame Rex
He knew
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7.9.08
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