A Simple Line
I don't want to read
another long-winded poem
or wade through stanzas, knee-deep...
I don't want hear you enunciate
or want you to be concerned
with my procrastination
This damned nation
(or any other)
that promotes oppression
and self persecution
doesn't weigh, as much,
on my mind
as the weight of your words
Just give me a simple line
that purely defines
world peace, love and true compassion
It has been said, Let your yes mean yes
and your no mean no, but you nor I
can turn back time like bedsheets...
Break sound barriers - scream a poem
into the middle of next week,
or, at least until we are blind
to yesterday's news
deborah russell, © 2005
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