Poems: a selection of recent work

"irreverent yet striking poems"

Times

Whatever

He said
take your umbrella
but never take umbrage
or bear a grudge
or bare your soul;
never speak
until spoken to;
always take no
for an answer;
keep yourself
to yourself;
but don’t be yourself,
be someone else;
don’t do today
what you could’ve done
yesterday;
never speculate
other than
to accumulate;
and never ever
say never say never.

She said
whatever.

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