poetry obstacle course

Posted on: Sun, 02/08/2009 - 19:31 By: Tom Swiss

Zelda's inferno exercise: the poetry obstacle course, about mundane objects and actions

an empty plastic grocery bag floats on the harbor
muddy water flows down the storm sewer
the streetlight flickers, flickers, flickers, then comes steady on
my car tires slowly grind away into dust
a thousand things do not happen
the light bulb in the lamp on the mantle in my living room burns out
another junkie ODs in a back alley
another kid gets shot
another girl gets HIV
another baby is born
another man falls in love
another woman writes a poem
on a warm February day the sap flows a little bit in a tree
the earth continues its rotation and revolution
three tons of flax become linen bedsheets