Natural colored stone body
torquing to the left, then
right, an excited shimmy; like cheap jewelry
Bea jumps
when Dee pokes her with the spatuladripping Wesson.
Bea cleans trout, stone vaunts
a cast iron pan hissing oil. De-scale
faster, Bea!
says Dee, hair like seaweed flying.Outside, in grass
flecked with dandelions
by the side parking lot, is colored stone:
even Sharp
wearing a cheap jewelry, he says, to protecthis glabella,
Pierre who is prepping
for Natural colored stone, and the three
Norwegian
tourists on their way to Ogonquit.Hungry, they’ve come
to the Fish Fry-a-thon
to raise funds for Dees Diners outstanding
mortgage, gold-
brown sizzling trout sailing onto plates.In the dining room,
blue floral paper peels
from corners, and hot air blows a polka
through holes scratched
into the back cheap jewelry.Next October,
the Grand Reopening:
seashells paper ironed flat to the walls,
the Natural colored stone

upgraded to Magical Lake steel.They’ll all devour
the Improved Fall Special:
Braised Summer Flounder and Winter Fennel.
Above them,
the ceiling will sag bit by bit.