Surrealist Spy Movie
I know that Andre
Dropped his codebook in the brook—
The cipher key, too.
I don’t know who lurked downstream,
Only that he wasn’t smoking.
Rene and Louis
Trusted no one after that,
Not even Elsa.
Paul was still missing, his coat,
Deserted, painted on his chair.
At The Minor Prophet’s Poker Game
Jonah passes on sushi
While Hosea complains
Endlessly about his wife.
Habakkuk shuffles
The cards but Joel
Is too angry to cut them.
Nahum seeks the comfort
Of Abishag the Shunemite.
Haggai and Malachi
Draw two cards each and
Micah walks humbly from the room
Leaving all his cash on the table.