I had seen it done
on television.
An episode of “Little Rascals.”

A roller skate.
An orange crate.
A two-by-four.
A hammer.
Banging and, voila.

I found:
a roller skate,
an orange crate,
a two-by-four,
and a hammer.

I banged like crazy.

They had not shown
nails.

Film editing for comedy is not
the same as editing for instruction.

I could not hammer the pieces
into a scooter
without the nails.

I could only hammer the pieces
into a heap.

Watch for the absences
in every conversation, article, and essay.
In them hide tears.

_{by Edward Covannon, Creative Commons Attribution - ^z - 2023-12-15}