Article voiceover
I called Eleven Plumbers
no one returned my call
even the Jewish plumber
although i said my name very loudly
Esther Cohen
and finally Gary a friend of Tony
hardware store owner
and poet of Cairo called and said:
I’m coming over in an hour.
When he was here Gary said
many things (including the memorable line
I can fix your shower) but one of my favorites:
he and his identical twin brother Larry
went to high school together in Queens.
His brother took all of Gary’s English tests.
Gary took all of Larry’s science tests.
No one ever guessed.
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You sure it was Gary?!
And then Gary’s a poet. A scientist-poet.
And yelling Esther C o h e n didn’t work.
Really love these bits of joy.
Giving this one to Donald to read today, my live-in curmudgeon and poetry abstainer.