I read Goldtooth on climate change
while I contemplate buying new construction
I read Maurin on simplicity
while I lay 6.5 on the Knicks (-130) at the Garden
I read Wolff on capitalism
while I brush by Trinidad cleaning
I read Finkelstein on Palestine
while I fly in Boeing jets
I read Gutierrez on liberation
while I inherit my Pappa’s Caterpillar stock
I read Nhat Hanh on meditation
while I swing through McDonald’s drive thru
I read Bukowski on despair
when I wake up
face the sun
straighten my back
and struggle to pull up my socks
– inspired by Mark Chmiel’s poesy on Colman McCarthy’s take of Soren Kierkegaard’s influence on Daniel Berrigan
–Rob is a teacher in Minneapolis.
