as i walked up to it
the statue proffered something from its hand
no one else was looking
and statues don't proffer everyday
to get to it i had to wade through fountain water
slipping on pennies
getting jeans wet and so too my shoes
it was taller than me
so i climbed up
on one statue foot
and as i reached up
the hand released to me
what i had quested for
turns out it was just
a stick of gum
i guess i expected excalibur
and i told the statue it was a jerk
what did you expect, asked the statue
and it told me
as if i didn't know
that its heart was made of stone.