The Poetry Marathon

In didn’t think you wanted me to stay

so I left

It’s right about now that I start missing the point (more…)

A staggering 36 million people have voted early, setting the stage for big midterm turnout

[Headline] By ZACH MONTELLARO

11/05/2018 06:42 PM EST

Statistics and surveys may be skewed no one expected so many people to show up early

to count their voices with early votes

and still they did

what now? Will you wait to see if you could simply stay on the couch?

as though someone else could ever speak your voice

dont sit on the couch don’t throw it Away

I never pledged alliegence to anybody’s flag but I’m on the chessboard so I play

why not vote while you still can? Or just sit it out according to plan

who’s plan it is anyway?

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When we married it was for life (more…)

She sat at the feet of the masters

they bowed to their inspiration

and shared the gifts of their fortune

we are blessed in community

Shall we roll?

No I have two more poems to write

and so she did

half assed at best

It’s time to fortify the uncompensated issue driven labor force

yep. I said it.

Go forth my people

it is pleasing to be in this space right now

thank you

It Isn’t for me

but for the good of the whole

and that includes you

These spaces they are sacred to us

we’ve been swimming in these waters all our lives but we don’t need a lawn chair and we definitely don’t need a hibachi

and we won’t be defecating on the shores

this place was open to you once upon a time

You were welcome every day

to splash in the waters and watch your children play but now no one’s welcome anymore

and the police they drive-by

they’ll take your license plate number and tell you not to return

But I told the last cop who busted me at the last spot

i said listen kid, I’ve been swimming in these waters for 40 some odd years and I don’t plan to stop now

I’ve never gone behind that do not trespass sign because there are far more beautiful places to go

now those places too

are overrun with litter and refuse thanks to the New York Times and Vogue

I won’t be swimming here

but a few miles upstream you might find me on a hot summer day having walked all the way lest  my license plate number be caught on their radar today…