Pat Ingoldsby:

PART OF THE REASON WHY LORD LIVINGSTON COTCHINEAL LEFT HIS WIFE AND WENT TO LIVE IN AN ENCLOSED ORDER

Lady Ebenezer Cotchineal
leaned forward
in the restaurant
and the shadows
from the feathers
on her hat
merged
with the shadows
of the electric fan
to form
a perfect windmill
on the wall.
Just then
Don Quixote
cantered in
from the street
in search
of something new
and exciting
to tilt.
Don
and his donkey
thundered towards the wall
with such ferocity
that nobody
who heard it
will ever forget
the thud.