Kontemporary Amerikan Poetry by John Murillo

Author:John Murillo [Murillo, John]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781945588570
Publisher: Four Way Books

“And when it comes to those hard deeds done by righteous people and martyrs, isn’t it about time for that to be you?”

—Gary Copeland Lilley

Not Huey on his high back wicker throne,

beret cocked cooler than an Oaktown pimp.

Or young Guevara marching into camp,

all swagger, mane, and slung M-1. But one

less suited, you could say, for picture books

and posters, slouching on a northbound Bolt,

caressing steel and posting plans to shoot.

He means, for once, to be of use. Small axe

to massive branches, tree where hangs the noose.

He says he’s “putting wings on pigs today,”

wants two for each of us they’ve blown away.

Wants gun salutes and caskets. Dirges, tears,

and wreaths. Wants widows on the witness stand,

or near the riot’s flashpoint, brick in hand.

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