To thumb through
a stack of blank paper

as though thumb
though thumb — might

stumble (maybe)
across a page

nee sheet
already staffed

with a dumbwaiter
falling for the stock

feed from rewrite —
deus -ex-LeMans racer-

cum-ambulance
co-Charon —

dupe of the ubiquitous
minor rising from a baby

grand entr’acte —
a bete-a-bete

with uxorious smoke —
pungent cheek to cheek

whiff of a slap
just before the blush

sinks/slinks
back into/to

bleached cage —
skin aka the skinny

on the sudden drop
in the winds and strings —

step-to-step
v step v. step —

only the never-
never worn-out

gloves wind up
carried out

on the stretcher
of a palm

about to fold
into a false fist —

front for
an aRmeD

vehicle wrist-
spelleD tenoR.