Skullduggery

By I.B. Iskov

                        On the radio the news reported

                                         a plastic skull was       found to be real.

                                    For years and years               people gazed

                                at the chiseled                                     hollow and

        never imagined                                      what face

                                might             have               once              covered

                                the                exterior         painted

                                the color                                                     of dust

        curious                                                     eyes left

                                blank                     no sight of                     memory

                                upon                       the grave                          shelf

                                postured                  without                           a neck

                                lying                        poised                         to answer

                                the                         unmasked                       question

                                How did that                                             get there?

                                For years and                                        years no one

                                 questioned        the origin - the birth     of the skull

                                  adopted          the owner of the shop         placed a

                                  placard in                                             front of the

                                    wide  wide                                        grin which

                                       boasted Plastic                         skull for sale.

     Now I know why the skull was laughing 

                                            after years and years of pretending to

                                              be a fake   a sham  a pliant fixture

                                                the skull exposed the revelation.

                                                              The Skull Is Real

                                                              was announced

                                                              on the radio and

                                                         everyone wants to know

                                                         How did that get there?


Bio


I.B. (Bunny) Iskov – is the Founder of The Ontario Poetry Society,
www.theontariopoetrysociety.ca. Bunny has won a few contest prizes
and she has several poetry collections.  She is the recipient of the
Absolutely Fabulous Woman Award, Arts & Culture category, 2017.