all poems are political
transparent or covert
all poems promote
the tales that they tell
so you're happy with your win
the lucky ticket of your first-world skin
enjoy the leisure of your days
your wheelbarrow full of peaches
your quest for tenure or
organic mayonnaise whatever
's on the docket for the day
all poems are political & those
pretending otherwise are most
of all: their screeds of status
& quo pervasive as a billion
dollar desert full of drones
the arrogance the hubris of it
that words the mud & straw
of ideation could be anything but
political? only in the fairy-land
that is america could such absurdity
be spoken. all
poems are political
& you are,
too.
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