your eyes can play funny tricks
Michael Estabrook
Driving into work,
I'm in the land of the aged,
an old man going 6 mph in the car
in front of me, an old woman
with a stupid looking beret
lopsided on her head in the car behind me,
two old ladies walking on the sidewalk,
another old man coming out of
the Bagel Hut, teetering
with his cane and cup of coffee.
Suddenly up ahead I see
a long white alligator crossing the road.
But the other cars don't slow down,
don't see the alligator.
They run it over! Oh my, oh no!
A long white alligator must
be a rare thing so please!
Please don't run it over, don't kill it!
I get closer and realize
it's merely a long sheet of white paper.
