Thursday, July 5, 2012

An Alternative Route

" An Alternative Route "

by Suzán Jiván

An alternative route
calling for approval
after a coup
under a new constitution

being kept at arm's length
with cries of, " Shame! "
to all couch potatoes
kicking sand in your face
during at-home vacations

as barriers to NATO
in role play
like admiring ladies
with calls to clap or laugh
overt and eagerly answered
while begging for a hand

accelerating and decelerating
as sneakers squeak
and cockatoos crests droop
heralding the entrance
of someone who never enters

tied together as a genuine duet
quite literally tongue-in-cheek
as a joke with some teeth...

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