TAKE ME OUT TO THE GRIFFINS
Egoistic bombast says a woman on the stair
Best dressed Best hair No starving artists
in this lair Governor General wears the same
spangly shoes as last year No Transit of Venus
this year Lots of oh so beautiful men who spout
beautiful words for a living & masses of imperious
women One wears a cameo ring but won’t make
eye contact I want a list of hairdressers
Spring 2013 Ode to: The Griffin Trust Poetry Awards
SMELLS LIKE ROCK BOTTOM
People always talk about hitting bottom:
That was my bottom I haven’t hit bottom yet
I have hit bottom You have to hit bottom before
Could it be that those who have in fact hit bottom
are no longer here to make the long
climb back up ?
Or perhaps when we toss hit bottom
around we are building a massive scaffold of denial
We must deny the oncoming fast and furious rushing toward us bottom
Be skeptical Be vigilant and if you hear
yourself uttering the words I have hit bottom
know that you are in the wrong heaven –
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Spring 2013
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