Bernard

Bald heads and potbellies

Barney, photo by Harris Cohen 1982, altered by Doodleslice 2025

It begins
A little lamb chop
9 little piddies
4 and a half on each hoof

Old goat in a checked coat
Straw hat
Chewing rolled leafs on the back step
Dutch Masters
Bering Plazas

Silver rocket tubes
Smelled like half the story
Why did he call me Junior?
Side joke
Inside pocket
C&C and J&B travel sized

And today
Lyft man
With the same name
But not Barney

Dropping me off
With all my baggage
And memories

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By Doodleslice 2025–05–07

Dear friends, today, the junk drawer is a moveable least — a burden and boon, a pastime in the liminal land of the airport gate.

I’m a nervous flyer — ergo, I’m early.
I’m early, so I have more time to worry.