This is Phil’s second publication with Hedge Apple. His first, last semester, is also on our website.
Prediction is an honestly-described tale of recollection. Faculty Drub is a limerick–Phil’s seeming signature with us.
(It seems both we and our immediate predecessors appreciate limericks.)
Enjoy:
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Prediction
He looked into the future
at the Corinth County Fair.
The cost of this? Two dollars,
promptly paid.
It seemed uniquely quiet
in the fortune teller’s lair.
The hoopla right outside went
unrelayed.
She took his hand quite firmly
and remarked about his palm
that a pleasing indication
was displayed
and told him there was something
from his past he’d soon enjoy,
to reassert a memory
long mislaid.
He headed for the midway
and the babble re-emerged
as he stepped into the sunlight
from the shade
and thought that he’d be foolish
to believe in such a tale,
yet felt the urge
to buy a lemonade.
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Faculty Drub
A professor of eminent station
had been grading an English translation.
Although expertly made
it received a downgrade
for a comma outside a quotation.
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Phil Huffy writes early and often at his kitchen table in upstate New York. He has been published frequently, with nearly 100 pieces finding homes in the last twelve months.