Wednesday, January 20, 2010

To The Man Who Always Falls Asleep At My Poetry Readings


Painting by Len Hansen


TO THE MAN WHO ALWAYS FALLS ASLEEP AT MY
POETRY READINGS

Slumped, you look dumped there, sluggard.
You are the same snoozing interloper, aren't you?
No woman has even been so uncomely overcome.

Why are you oppressing me, a poor poet,
a blameless declaimer, a word server,
a wit preserver, a manic writer,
a gloom brighter, a night lighter?


August Franza

Posted over on Mike Domino

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