is

my child

immanuel suttner is famous
because he had a house
immanuel suttner is famous
because a dog with large paws followed him
wherever he did go
immanuel suttner is famous
for trapping and releasing mice
immanuel suttner is famous
for the way he picked words
like flowers, and arranged
them in a see through jar

immanuel suttner is famous for the
spirituality of his semens
immanuel suttner is famous
for his commitment to cleaning up chicken shit
immanuel suttner is famous for his
rock steady tauran wife
immanuel suttner is famous for being
a father of note
immanuel suttner is famous
for the bargains he triumphantly
brought home from the supermarket
immanuel suttner is famous
for his nagging
immanuel suttner is famous
for his anxiety that things would not get recycled
immanuel suttner is famous
for embarrassing his family
by crawling backwards on the beach
immanuel suttner is famous
for two fine sons
who bear the same surname
and are more famous than he

here lies Immanuel Suttner
feet splurged outwards
asleep, with one eye open
listening to the
news in Hebrew
by ministerial decree henceforth he will be known
as is

is is famous for creating businesses that never got a single client
is is famous
for the milk and shampoo wars
is is famous

for resting a while
is is famous
for his timorous roaring
from behind the screen
is is famous
for his incisive free floating intellect
is is famous for collecting
family artifacts and resentments
is is famous
for his identification with the
underthingamajig
is is famous
for his verbal smokescreen
under cover of which
he got away

is is famous for the soft depths of his kidneys
and the passed-over wisdom
of his intestinal tract

is, famous
for his avian foward poking head
is, famous
for gazing at trees then bowing
in heartfelt prayer

is, famous for suddenly darting

into massage parlours

is, famous
for his oppression of mosquitoes
is, famous for his shabbos burps
is, famous for his love of song
is, famous
for blowing his nose
and discreetly thumbing it

here lies is
pomegranates growing from his groin
wild oregano from his hair
in the golden fields
of eretz yisrah'ail

now all has been heard, 

here is the conclusion of the matter
is is a sweet boy
and if you see him
please give him a hug

rest awhile in his shade
and mail his seeds home to
Me