Jake's Flea Market

with words pike pointed
and spear tipped   steel      
and sharpened and polished    pierce
the center of his smock  

let him be the oldest man 
the man most warped who swings
a leg stiff at the knee and 
unbent through the door into the kitchen   

who   before the day’s fire's 
put in the stove    comes 
uncalled and uninvited   unmet  

he hobbles through the pantry
through the door into the dining room 
   
prick him back the way he came