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New poem from Luciole Press contributor/friend Scott Wannberg: "i'm just a..."

Posted by kluciole at 4/21/2009 10:39 PM

Categories: National, Friends, Writing, Humor, news, Luciole Press

i'm just a...

i'm just a professional amateur
taking up way too much space
in my next life, the cards claim
i'll come back as a cockroach
from having read too much franz kafka
under a strong rain
my brain can't function very often
but sometimes it allows me to swing
my feet are clunky and clumsy
but my heart won't let me care
i prowl the seas of unrest
looking for that far fetched getaway isle
all day long the creditors glow
the nation can't hold its liquor
it takes two sips and the giddy magic show sticks its head in the door
i feel like lifting your embargo
i think we should take each other in trade
the thermometer just burst its kidney
howling is the proper pronounciation of my name
i'm just a pushpin in your wall map
my capital never goes out its front door
the losers have a convention
in a highly suspected hotel
the bellboys seem easy
but they cough too much when you tip them
i'm just a bag of popcorn
my kernels didn't pop all the way
i guess i'm waiting for you to ask
what i supposedly did to get this far
in the not too obligated corners
the researchers arm wrestle one another
and lie about just how far
they can toss the gold ring
the one we think lives around our respective heads
when you talk this way
all i can do is scamper under the bed
i hear everything gets equal
a little after midnight
we can compare wounds
under the fluorescents

scott
florence,oregon
april 20 2009

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