Who is to say
the world outside
at our fingertips
will still be here
when you arrive
how much has changed
even when we first
knew your possible
was our reality
probably best kept
amorphous like light
that might break through
your response to us
a hiccup or two
Tag: Sonnet
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MarPoWriMo 15
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MarPoWriMo 14
Remember that
at any moment
the narrative
you are digesting
should be disrupted
with a placard
behind the official
party line saying
don’t believe
the propaganda
they’re lying to you here
stop the war
no to war
they cannot put all of us in jail
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MarPoWriMo 12
What to make
of an empty stage
mere minutes
after we waved
from the wings
to the other side
waiting to see
the light in our eyes
a space to fill
with our absence
until we return
echoing ghosts
make laughter
not only in the past
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MarPoWriMo 9
Imagine the rain
never stopping
nor increasing
its velocity
just perpetual mist
droplets escaping
indiscriminate clouds
pervasive overcast
contributing chill
to all existence
the thinnest of skins
exposed to elements
potential for flooding
puddles may be blood
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MarPoWriMo 8
Seems safe to say
the world is in this
offensive situation
because of the words
it could not say
not because not
enough people were
telling other people
what they could not say
who is to say
the world likes it this way
all things being unequal
nothing sovereign stays
everyone is gay
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FebPoWriMo 22
Too many tunes
telling time tepidly
terrible transmission
turning up the telly
to retrieve tumescence
to tell the truth it’s
all too much to take
forwards or backwards
even upside down
little significance
birds shitting on
tempered glass stained
they tweet two two zero
two two zero two two
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FebPoWriMo 17
Now that everyone agrees it is time
to return to normal by which they mean
an increasing number of traumatic
events we could not have foreseen without
reference to how long we were upset
things have not returned to what we wanted
to perceive as acceptably normal
which might have included crying at work
in bathrooms because we could not take it
anymore then suddenly no one could
and increasingly fewer of us will
because they haven’t noticed the numbers
keep increasing or keep staying the same
life is just a number without a name
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FebPoWriMo 16
Everyone has forgotten how to be
social says the guy on the radio
making pancakes for strangers in the park
the kind of story we should expect now
we seem to be in between Greek letters
accelerating the loosening of
restrictions almost faster than ever
because letting our masks down last time made
so much sense it lasted about a week
then we were in the biggest hole climbing
the tallest mountain at some point we gave
up counting like the numbers made no sense
at some point it will be everyone so
the indifferent make pancakes to go
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FebPoWriMo 11
Why does a slight change in temperature
make us race outside to frolic in grass
still yellow not trimmed in almost three months
Christmas trees and lights stand in disarray
could the soil be evidence of planting
green shoots arriving too soon or too late
to avoid the cold snap around the bend
each winter as long as I remember
has an unseasonable patch of warmth
how far above average can we reach
until we concede a new average
disoriented in exuberance
seasons will no longer have a meaning
just open space that we should be cleaning
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FebPoWriMo 10
Who among us has not flushed important
documents down the toilet or tried to
by accident of course jamming the course
of justice before rounding the u-bend
for all we know they might still be stuck there
past the point they could be taped together
or amended using magic marker
to demarcate the true path the storm took
straight into the shitter we knew it would
no forecast needed media email
server deserves front page coverage though
what could obstruction of justice entail
that won’t be observed beyond page 15
they say who they are report what they mean
Joshua Keiter 