11/9
Sonnets From Other Lives: Stakeout


By the third day of the stakeout, Lee was done.
--Really—he said—what’s the fuckin point?
You really think that Katt’s so dumb
that he’d look up his ex wife? Jeez, her joint
is bound to be staked out. I mean we’re here.
Axel couldn’t argue. Lee was right.
But the inspector’s orders were perfectly clear:
We’ll have eyes on the wife’s place day & night.
An old lady wheeled by with a grocery cart.
Some skaters in the street were hanging out.
A ragged, homeless guy came from the park--
limping down the sidewalk.
Axel thought
that the idea Katt was here was as unlikely
as that homeless dude’s shiny brand new Nikes.