Page Two of

The Anville Family Tree

My Needs And Yours

A meal to fill me, for a rhyme,
My name is Maxwell Bodenheim;
I've words galore, but not a dime,
My name is Maxwell Bodenheim.

And if you'll rest me for a time,
I, being Maxwell Bodenheim,
Will pay my lodging with a rhyme,
A rhyme by Maxwell Bodenheim.

- Walt Phillips -

(First appeared in The Wormwood
Review,  l964)

A Small Matter of Great Importance

Here
in the dark
a rather large spider
ran down the wall
undetected
and victorious
indeed