“The Ten-Foot Pole Store,” by Jim George
Aug 20th, 2019 | By Defenestration![](https://www.defenestrationmag.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/Defenestration-Poetry.jpg)
Ten-Foot Poles
Now on sale!
Stop on down
To 10th & Dale.
Ten-Foot Poles
Now on sale!
Stop on down
To 10th & Dale.
Each year
in Pamplona
the bulls begin
their slow descent
down the narrow streets
gaining speed
Had you a larger fleshy part
This pond would be my shopping cart.
I’d quit my job and live in ease
While I collected recipes.
I’d file them, and my list would span
From Bobby Flay to Jacques Pepin:
Exotic, simple, locavore
Thai, French, fresh, fusion, thermidor.
An average dude with saxophone
can make a whole room swoon,
sadly this is not the case
for same dude with bassoon.
I had my caricature drawn at the theme park once
and the artist—sixteen, seventeen, maybe—
hands me back this sketch of Charlie Brown.