OTHER POSTS IN THE SERIES
- Poem for Display in a City Bus
- Poem for Display in a Subway Car
- Poem for Display at a City Reservoir
- Poem for Display in a Veterans’ Memorial Park
- Poem for Display in a Public Library
- Poem for Display in a Hospital Waiting Room
- Poem for Display in a Municipal Building
- Poem for Display in an Abandoned Factory
- Poem for Display in an Inaccessible Location
- Poem for Display at a Police Checkpoint
- Poem for Display Above the Urinals in a Men’s Restroom
- Poem for Display in a Vacant Lot
- Poem for Display in a Shopping Mall Food Court
- Poem for Display in a Housing Project
Second-hand poetry has
been linked to
the cancer
of unanswerable
questions. Even
if it’s safely
out of mind,
like a dessicated seed
or a leaf in darkness,
mouths with
no memory
can still turn
the blanks where
letters were
into seditious
little Os. So
thank you for
not reading.
love the cleverness of this.
This ranks up there with Ishmael Reed’s “Beware: Do Not Read This Poem.” Poetry is so subversive. At least yours is.
too late – seditious little O’s sprouting and spilling all over the place already.
Indeed, a primary goal of tyrants is to keep everyone in their “proper place”! Which is one reason they fear poets….
This should be reported right away to the appropriate authorities.
Thanks for the comments (if not for reading).