The Thinker + 

My wife’s new pink slippers + 

have gay pom-poms. + 

There is not a spot or a stain + 

on their satin toes or their sides. + 

All night they lie together + 

under her bed’s edge. + 

Shivering I catch sight of them + 

and smile, in the morning. + 

Later I watch them + 

descending the stair, + 

hurrying through the doors + 

and round the table, + 

moving stiffly + 

with a shake of their gay pom-poms! + 

And I talk to them + 

in my secret mind + 

out of pure happiness. + 