Pioche, Nevada

 

Leprechauns have placed

pots of black gold at the end

of modern rainbows.

At Larry's fuel shop,

iridescent oil slicks

bedazzle the drab.

To Subtract Fractions

These are not the words

one expects as a response

to encouragement.

Rather than rebuff

and court further entrenchment

on this battle line,

I laughed. Then we laughed.

Common denominators

being requisite

to solve this problem.

Sometimes we wax improper

to subtract fractions.