Thursday, August 26, 2010

The North American Poet


                                           The Nor
                                       th American
                                      Poet tell of tal
                                      es Of love, swo
                                         oning for it
                                         Of sadness
                                      Despairing t
                          imes and tempests Of
                     nature,  & our betrayal of her
                 Of God Of Allah Of Buddha Of Christ
               Of Source. Poets write of hope while
              Neferosity of change reigns. Death Fa
             cinates these poets. And life is a muse.         The North
             They shall wear Guess jeans and a polo      American Poet
             Or a yellow sundress, maybe red- too Or
              perhaps a bathrobe while sitting over
              their wooden writing desk comfort
               able- and drinking aromatic coffee
                They are naked and bear their ug
                      ly bodies to the world- Hon
                     est and hiding nothing In Go
                    odwill shoes preferably a size
                   too big for room to grow They                   Tells tales to
                 hold nothing back. The North A
                merican Poet is a hungry creatu
                 re Voracious for a crumb of stal                        Dance
                 e sourdough and a beer or whi
                 sky sour or a glass of cab- or t
                wo if he drums     out a good pa            To.
               ge. He anticip        ates good sex
               and love and         Death. Tomor
              row brings D          islike of hand
               lings of Gulf            Coast oil spi
               lls “Obama              Obama brin
               g Our Bro                   thers a ca
              ke and S                      isters too”
             Spill fro                        m their L
            ips. -They                     must be
          hungry to                       o- Poets f
       uck like the                      y write -Wi
      th their hea                        rt and thro
     ugh their hea                    d -Love that
   way too, but                       Only die wh
  en they put do                    wn the ball
  point or quill                      tip (only use
 d by the quee                      rs) And unpl
  ug their lapt                         ops connect
    ing all with                           their words.
   And truth fl                                 ows freely fo
r them and                                               with th
     em

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