The Disputants + 

Upon the table in their bowl + 

in violent disarray + 

of yellow sprays, green spikes + 

of leaves, red pointed petals + 

and curled heads of blue + 

and white among the litter + 

of the forks and crumbs and plates + 

the flowers remain composed. + 

Cooly their colloquy continues + 

above the coffee and loud talk + 

grown frail as vaudeville. + 