-exhibitionist-

when the Duncan

YoYo guy showed-up

on the tarmac of the schoolyard

we observed the miracle

of the YoYo

dancing on its string

the string we knew

as a tightly-wound ever-curling strand

its YoYo listing lazily

at the end of its run

string looped 'round the finger,

YoYo slowing its spin

to a dead rotation

like a dry planet

surrendering its last

chance at life.

form the schoolyard tarmac, the Duncan YoYo guy
rocked the cradle, the sleeper whizzed,

the walking dog bounced away and returned

with the snap of a wrist to the Duncan guy's hand.

sometimes,

two YoYos slept as they spun

and circled inside both his arms, one, two,
three times or more, the YoYo chasing itself on the fly

and when the piercing bell rang

it rang for an end to the exhibition

and the beginning of something else inside the walls

which had nothing to do with playing with a YoYo.