the possibility of life
the civil war is over
the uncivil war is almost over as well
life is sick and tired of all this killing
life got angry and shoved killing against a wall
slapped it around
said get it together asshole
all this week it's been stay alive week on cable
people who claim they are still alive
are everywhere you turn
sometimes i have my doubts
doubts are okay
they just mean you are still human
are you still human?
did you explore your experience
did you find yourself alive and taking in air
life is still possible
life tossed death head first through an upper floor window
life was that pissed off
death fell a long way down
and landed on all the candidates for governor in California
squishing them all to oblivious bits
it made the recall unnecessary
and life yawned, popped in a DVD of
Humphrey Bogart in Treasure of the Sierra Madre
go get em John Huston yippie
i sort of woke up then
and became another noun running around
searching for a verb to say hello to
the Earth got pulled over for
impersonating a profound planet
it reached for its license
life is still possible,it sang
and we all agree
that yes
sometimes
when you least expect it
it surely is
---Scott Wannberg |
