SILENCIO
For going on twenty-two hours
I’ve been quiet about the state of our country
but I’ll be damned if I’ll write about pizza now
rather than address what needs to happen,
especially with this highly perfect sign appearing
right now, as if to say, like the old hymn,
“Here I am, send me.” And so yes, I want this sign,
SILENCIO, not just silence, but SILENCIO to be in
every courtroom, every corner of that man’s life,
so that everywhere he turns he is reminded, STFU.
We do not want to hear one more peep out of you,
not one word. Then and only then may justice be served.
Oh, first I am happy to see you on the marathon again this year! Hope you are feeling better! So this poem, I read it last night when it posted and I went back today to find it and say a resounding Well Done!!
I wrote about pizza which only made me so hungry that i plan to make my own tomorrow!!
Thank you! I am happy to be here. The Poetry Marathon has taken on new depth for me, as I live each year with cancer. I’m going to find your poem about pizza now!