Come the Revolution
When I was very young and
‘bucked up’ – refusing to finish my
milk or eat my broccoli,
my fathers would say
“Come the revolution you will….”
-drink your milk (or)
-eat your vegetables (or)
-clean your room
“….and like it!”
I came to expect a revolution.
Dad was a career Air Force officer,
a graduate of VMI, a ‘ring banger’
I thought he had inside information
so I waited.
The late 60’s looked promising
especially when lauded by the Beatles
He was probably referring
to the personal revolution,
the shift in values that comes with age
when one grows to appreciate
a cold glass of milk, spinach,
and free room and board.
With the current insanity,
a real revolution seems more
possible everyday.
I will eat my vegetables and like it.
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I really enjoyed reading this.
Especially how your understanding of revolutions revolved.
I love this and how you repeated the line thats in the first and last stanza. Very powerful piece!
This resonates! Love it!
“He was probably referring/to the personal revolution,/the shift in values that comes with age” I love this insightful moment because = feeling that too
What’s a ring banger?! John and I had to ask Siri! Really like that first stanza and how the poem riffs on revolution! Yes we need to gobble up those vegetables!