Curriculum Vitae

1

Scribe out of work

At a loss for words

Not his to begin with,

The man life passed by

Stands at the window

Biding his time

2

Time and again

And now once more

I climb these stairs

Unlock this door—

No name where I live

Alone in my lair

With one bone to pick

And no time to spare

Samuel Menashe

From The Niche Narrows: New
and Selected Poems, Talisman
House, Publishers, © 2000.
Reprinted by permission of the
author.