Articles/Essays – Volume 43, No. 2

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My next poem 
will have gunfire 

bank tellers and 
fortune tellers 
will all “pack heat” 

My next poem 
will have seeing-eye dogs 
that can translate Español 

also a lunch break 
a guitar solo 
a conversation with God 
and Her husband 

My next poem will probably 
not be published either 

But it will have 
an anti-hero 
stuntmen 
stuntwomen 
a laugh track 
good sex 
and a dramatic pause 

In my next poem 
the Boy Scouts will 
sack the city at night 
using hatchets and pocket knives 
when they need to