Herewith, the latest selection from dusted-off published poetry and short fiction, circa 1970s vintage and beyond....
Paul Hamburger
He was diagnosed
a slow learner
took forever to learn
simple words
even then couldn't
state his name.
One day he
overheard someone say
his father's name
which was Ronald MacDonnell
and the child brightened
fondly tripped
"Papa Hamburger!"
off faltering tongue.
Now whenever
some interested person
asks
as adults are wont to
bending vertically
over the child
"What's your name, Son?"
he proudly proclaims
"Paul Hamburger!"
Although Paul is
ecstatic
his mother still
wrings her hands.
c. 1980 Rita Rosenfeld
published in Samisdat: Phantasmagoria, Journey Into The Surreal
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