AFTER 5 MAI TAIS

After 5 mai tais

My ma ties

My ties.

THE SEARCH FOR THE PERFECT ENDING TO THIS POEM

Posted signs
On neighborhood telephone poles,

& wasted 3 days of my life,

Fretting, worrying,

Pestering friends & strangers,

Looking under my bed,

Posting messages on Facebook.

Finally what I needed

Showed up, as usual,

In the very last place I looked,

Louis Phillips is the author of over 50 books for children and adults. His most recent book is 4, four stories, four plays, and four poems. Available as a paperback or e-book.