After Reading Some LexPoMo Poems or On My Block VI
I’ve been watching rain fall
In front of a High pressure sodium streetlight
Across this dead end street
For 20 some odd minutes
This municipal monstrosity
Orange day glows the moment
I could pop the plate on the pole
And pull the fuse and darkness would follow
I could
Somebody down Price Road just set off
A 500 roll of Black Cats
On a Tuesday in June
It’s either trailer park or trap that way
Whichever it is
It’s cheaper than the bullets
That usually pop the quiet of night
Moments like this should be crumbled
And rolled in hemp leaves
Licked and sealed
And set ablaze with a fire of some sort
That somebody sets
Then passed to the left
Anyway
The rain stopped
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Lately, I’ve been going to bar and sitting through most of the evening and night enjoying the air. Nothing to really look at, just appreciating the outside. So I can relate to this poem very well.
I really enjoyed reading this poem. I especially liked that first stanza and the sounds of each line, especially “I could pop the plate on the pole/
And pull the fuse and darkness would follow/I could”
burn it all up then burn it all down. love it.
I love how you explain the world. It’s like a warm blanket that also tells you the whole truth.
“Mountains like this should be crumbled…” I read this as the obstacle of the environment surrounding you, being removed and turned into something better that we can all enjoy sharing in, and not a challenge to be conquered or site to marvel.
This poem crackles in a less than desultory way
love this lil fire of a poem.