[Newspoetry] Political Poetry
Sam Patterson
patterso at rohan.sdsu.edu
Sun Apr 11 11:16:30 CDT 1999
I think this format could just keep going, feel free to add to it and
repost
sam
Political Poetry
I write poems about children moving a thousand miles away from their
parents. I publish them on armbands, sew pictures of them onto
patches. These I give to children.
I write a poem about military strategy and I publish it on 300 cruise
missiles. I sell the missiles to another country.
I write a poem about past relationships and publish it on a half-ripe
mango.
I write a poem suggesting that by going to the doctor you are exposing
yourself to a higher concentration of pathogens. I publish this on your
next insurance statement.
I write a poem about and over and through. I publish it on top of.
The child is coughing at me. For this child I publish a poem on a mask
and I make the child wear it. The child blows its nose on my sleeve.
I write a poem about campaign finance reform and publish it on a check
to my senator.
I write a poem about the inhumanity of denying prenatal care to illegal
immigrants. I publish it on a very sick baby and send it to Pete
Wilson.
I write a poem about cruise missiles and I publish it at night, from off
shore, it surprises you.
I write a poem about bombing Iraq. I publish it on the back of my last
gas receipt. This poem I put in my wallet to remember that I too am
implicated.
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