James Garner ate potatoes and apples.
He’s dead now.
Connections shatter and form,
as Rockford’s files
flutter through television’s memoried past.
Model tobacco scratches my back.
Oranges are not the only fruit.
The smell of potatoes frying
lights me on fire,
as apples delicious
drip juices suspicious
across Jim Rockford’s smile.
Brenda Warren 2014


