DOKTOR


I am learned (was ist verboten)
im philosophie.  I have
algorithms in my pockets.
I am an expert in tautology.
But wait. 'This' is more than 'that'.
I have not exhausted dreams.
I have found a place
for stars and planets,
airplanes flashing port red
and starboard green
on approach to final.

I love the sound. Doctor.
Learned in all areas
of this and that - but more!
I have found a place
for girls, essays and Greek magazines.
There is room for afternoons,
suppers of low fat cheddar,
merlot in a slim bottle.

Doktor they call me, doktor.
Learned in Acquino, Aristotle
Schopenhauer.  I have found 
a place for girls.  Syllogisms
please me, except on Tuesdays.
Then I lose myself in
black and white photography.
And the dream goes on.
I am happy to be doktor -
(was ist verboten) learned.

	Copyright October 1997 Larry Keegan

            THE  SYCAMORE

Forever waits the sycamore for my climbing.
Forever waits the sycamore for shading me 
from the sun's burning. Its wide hand 
extends in welcome. The mottled map 
of its bark pointing me to 
distant lands and archipelagos.

Forever waits the sycamore
for me to sit in its grassy kingdom
shadowed by its branches.
Forever waits the sycamore
while I walk by each morning
with new agendas, and listen 
to the breeze in its branches.

Copyrighted  October 1997 by Larry Keegan