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Layover

A pantoum poem

March 2009


I taught myself to tie a noose
from this 12-inch bit of nylon rope
waiting for our flight to show
at the dingy Athens airport

From this 12-inch bit of nylon rope
mind and fingers dance
at the dingy Athens airport
over my tiny terminal game

Mind and fingers dance—
Under, over, tuck wrap round
over my tiny terminal game
of curiosity wiling the time

Under, over, tuck wrap round
the noose it comes to life.
A curiosity wiling the time
I'm captive in that chair

The noose it comes to life,
tie, undo, retie, perfect again till
I'm captive in that chair.
My inquisitiveness delights me.

Waiting for our flight to show
I taught myself to tie a noose


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