Saturday, April 18, 2020

New Poem: A COLD DAY IN AUSTIN

it’s a gray day in downtown Austin
all the people standing too close together
letting Alex Jones who lied about Sandy Hook
do their thinking for them
allowing themselves to risk their lives
as free extras in an InfoWars infomercial
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I don’t remember reading about
people on the home front in World War 2
protesting en masse
about ration cards and blackouts
and being told not to talk about troop movements
they held fast for almost four years
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today, we howl like banshees
get the keys to the beach too soon
lust to be free to do harm unto others
after just six weeks

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