After A Man with a Quilted Sleeve, by Heikki Huotari

A Man with a Quilted Sleeve, by Titian (Republic of Venice) 1510.

After A Man with a Quilted Sleeve

Canonize me, canonize my dog. 
A shadow cast, 
and in the midst of, 
is delicious to a fish. 
Of what you know already I am loath to sing 
so I am loath to sing, 
and not one multitude would I contain. 
When nuance is gratuitous, 
when I have trouble with my solar sail or can't be
hypnotized, do put me in a room and bring me what 
I want and answer truly every question that I think 
to ask. The good twin and the equal and the 
opposite of unintended consequence, I have a 
sleeve that could accommodate a torso and it's 
painted Titian blue.
​
Heikki Huotari

In a past century Heikki Huotari attended a one-room school and spent summers on a forest-fire lookout tower, is now a retired math professor, and has published three chapbooks, one of which won the Gambling The Aisle prize, and one collection, Fractal Idyll (A.P Press). Another collection (from Lynx House) is in press.