In So Many Words

October 18th, 2008 by Admin

I’ll meet you there
In between Nonsense
And speaking wit the utmost confidence
Like a general to his men
Blend better poems put them together
…and spit out again
Cause that’s what we do
Catch my poems two for one
It just depends…
On whose open mic I beg a pardon
I’m feeling marvelous my friend
…And on the strength of this word I hover over miles of terrain
Pass out flyers in the rain
Work thru lunch just to hear the hush the crowd makes when a gust of wind breaks
The microphone takes
What I can only say
…in so many words

– Antonio Caceres

This poem is featured in the exhibition This Place Called Poetry.

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