Second Edit: Ordinary

[Knot]

Enjoyable piece, Richard,
particularly the end returning to the beginning,
but it could stand to be a little more focused.

First Edit:

Ordinary

There are old fears like Bela Lugosi's
threatening accent and strange clothes,
threatening accent, [his] strange clothes, ?
or the dread of sirens, head under desk-
a curse against those godless Reds.
(I didn't realised Lugosi was still working
in the fifties)

Then there are timeless fears: a spider
tickling your leg until it bites, heights - just a suggestion.
that nauseate worse than sour milk.
(and one more example?)

There's courage too,
[ordinary and unremarkable?]
usually arriving at the worst time
like your mother's uncle, who smelled
of garlic and could only talk
in the language of the old country.


Best, Knot.