garden-path

as the girl reads
she is unaware
of being led down the garden-path

the garden-path craftily created
wilily tries to mislead her

as she unknowingly wanders
down its stretch

until suddenly
there appears the disambiguating
word

and it becomes clear
the horse raced past the barn
fell

the girl almost misled
rights herself and
smugly continues her reading

until she finds herself face
to face with

Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo

oh no

Buffalo buffalo
Buffalo buffalo buffalo
buffalo
Buffalo buffalo


5^th – 6^th May 2005