09 M Review
3 Poems by Ruth Beck


Enough navel-gazing!…this is

a poetry of Action! Yeah!

 

 

 

I felt alone,

pathetic and unoriginal

as khaki, minivan, or a psychologist quoting Rumi.

 

The lines were clearly marked. Nothing

was different. A girl wearing size 0 box blond

asked meaningless questions.

 

I gave answers like: maybe

YOU should try it, I don’t know and huh…not once

did I say you know…you’re boring.

 

Things got worse.

I watched my husband salt

his dinner for 10 seconds straight.

 

Hillary and Barack ran for president.

People talked about caring again. And that they care.

And if only people cared more. Then the world…

 

Bullshit. Bullshit is the new Truth. Meanwhile,

two house cats sat across the room debating

the origin of species.



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