HA HA

 

Gerald Locklin

 

 

on the way into

the gerald ford library

on the north campus of the university of michigan

i joke with my daughter

about whether they will have preserved

any of the golf balls that he drove

into the fairway-lining spectators

or perhaps the shoes he wore

when he tripped getting off of

air force one.

 

i am still chuckling

at my own satiric wit

when i close the door of the place behind me

and proceed to tumble down the stairs.