Ray Succre lives in Coos Bay OR with his wife and four-year-old son. He is a novelist and a writer of poetry, and his work can be found in hundreds of publications across 2 dozen countries. His poetical fugue theory has been published in several journals and he has been nominated for the best of the Web and the Pushcart Prize. Visit his blog.
Take-Home Letter
By Ray Succre
By Ray Succre
Dear Parent(s), Guardian(s),
We are starting a new program in your child’s class called Next Level.
They will be imperishable, though as sunset by the glow spring night,
and deep under foaming singalongs and wet noses,
each is a tamarind madly scoped for juice, and is lavish, true,
and not passers-on but passers-through.
The goal of this program is to build your child’s social skills
and self-esteem by giving her/him tools to solve problems.
The cliff face crazes of your granite’s seaward tumble are near an end.
You may have realized the coast is glutted with you.
Your children are not yet incurious, need building.
We have much surplus granite here, and as you map life,
skilled in the social or limping or singing, your ruck will face outmoding,
lavish and true. Your child is not yet level, but is certainly next.
We do understand that most parents have a hectic schedule,
and so you will only receive a few of these take-home letters.
It is hoped your son(s)/daughter(s) will benefit from this program
in the new year
and strike a needed elite together, through the voyager years,
superb and seeming infinite.
Happy holidays,
Staff
A nice way to put prose in poetry.