Poetry Marathon 3021
June 26, 2021.
You think this time capsule is big enough?
Nothing is big enough, so it will have to do.
You think this will all fit?
We’ll make it fit, now help me cram all of it in.
25 pounds of coffee.
Check.
50 cases of MREs.
Check.
24 gallons of water.
Check.
Two cases of tequila.
Check.
One book: How to Conquer the Poetry Marathon: A Book on Poetic Form.
Check.
42 notebooks.
Check.
1000 sharpened pencils.
Check.
One box of smelling tablets.
Check.
One bag of 24 earplugs.
Check.
One “Do Not Disturb” sign.
Check.
One Lazy Boy recliner.
Check.
One bag of Doritos.
Check.
It’s all here.
Close it up,
Seal it up,
And inform the crane operator it’s ready to be lowered into place.
Our work is done.
May God have mercy on their souls.
This is a really in interesting poem! The line ‘One book: How to Conquer the Poetry Marathon: A Book on Poetic Form’ was really neat! Well done!