I am working on The Double Eagle, my book about the two-headed eagle of the German and Russian Empires, but needing a break I call my nephew Noah, who is a college senior. No answer.
Radbash
I telephoned you,
But you don’t return my calls.
Borscht drips from my heart.
Noah
Uncle, you are right!
Self-absorbed undergrad that
I am, I forgot.
Radbash
Well, I am still up.
You seem also to be up.
Why not call me now?
Noah
I’ll call this weekend,
when my current assignments
will be done, I hope.
Radbash
OK. Better do
Whatever they’re demanding
Just this one last time.
Today I review
Final proofs for eagle book.
Print December first.
Noah
That two-headed dude
hasn’t had publicity
like this in eons.
Radbash
There’s already talk
Of a spin-off TV show
And line of perfume.
November 2014
Nephew Haiku
I am working on The Double Eagle, my book about the two-headed eagle of the German and Russian Empires, but needing a break I call my nephew Noah, who is a college senior. No answer.
I telephoned you,
But you don’t return my calls.
Borscht drips from my heart.
Noah
Uncle, you are right!
Self-absorbed undergrad that
I am, I forgot.
Radbash
Well, I am still up.
You seem also to be up.
Why not call me now?
Noah
I’ll call this weekend,
when my current assignments
will be done, I hope.
Radbash
OK. Better do
Whatever they’re demanding
Just this one last time.
Today I review
Final proofs for eagle book.
Print December first.
Noah
That two-headed dude
hasn’t had publicity
like this in eons.
Radbash
There’s already talk
Of a spin-off TV show
And line of perfume.
November 2014