World’s Great Staycation
on the simplicity of poetry
This poem won’t be in a lit mag,
it’s not likely to be repeated, as such,
I’m only trying to make the point here
that many times, we draft too much
Poems needn’t make you weepy like Hallmark,
but their design ought to make you feel,
whether angry about orange tyrants,
or an internal clash over what’s real
And no, we don’t need to debate,
the interpretations are yours alone,
whatever I happen to write that day
leaves my fingers, seeking your brain as home
It’s ok if you disagree,
find my metaphors largely overblown
sometimes I enjoy inflation —
see, I’m only the garden where they’ve grown
My seedlings goal is to lasso you in,
make you ponder some feelings here,
take a moment to rest laurels within,
debating connotations we’ve found, this year
These differences in our latitude,
our branched continental situations,
are more or less made up instigation,
mere misconceptions about station
My atoms are equal to yours,
my carbon and hydrogen no less,
my oxygen just as filtered and pure,
undetermined by my address
Some think poetry is pixie magic,
I’ll admit it’s a fine destination,
one of your own adventurous choosing
any time grey matter needs vacating
I won’t dare tell you what to write,
the only requirement: showing up,
with a plan — or my preference, pants only
letting the words create their own lineup
If you want to give cliff-hanging a try,
remember, there’s no virtual too high,
if you don’t choose to hit publish this day
thought bubbles won’t cease floating you away
Be grandiose, if that’s your thing,
create a showy, layered word pie,
though at times I think we’d all agree
it’s nice to not translate by our bedside
It isn’t sharing that makes an author,
no fancy pen name, or vanity plate,
it’s thoughts expressed, intentions freed
to grow, and determine what they will be
Some truths change generations, that’s true,
but through our ageless, wordy cognation
your molecules and mine just might meet up
to connect literary translations…
Making the world’s greatest staycation
