I gave up my attempt at poetry many a year ago : ) But here's a few for your entertainment (though comic it may be), if there is anyone out there . . .
PATRIOTISM (October 1994)
The statue moves,
I turn to follow.
Ruffle the cage no more.
And when it's over
return the shrine.
At ease, resume as before.
VISITING HOUR (November 1996)
I love you, he said from behind the glass.
Do you love me?
(A fine time to ask.)
I met a girl out waiting (from jamaica, she said).
Can you believe? She travelled so far.
Did you hear me? I love you, he said once more.
(Imagine that; he never said it before.)
One minute left! shouted speakers above.
Wives gabbed children; she closed her coat.
I'll leave you twenty, she said,
be back tomorrow.
With that she hung up the phone.
(c) Lauren D. H. Miertschin
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