Tuesday, January 22, 2008

Poetry

From the Notable book, In a Prominent Bar in Secaucus: New and Selected Poems, 1955 - 2007

Silent Cell Phones

In airport waiting rooms, owners of cell phones
Look wisful when their phones lie silent, millstones
That no stream turns. Mindful of their high stations,
They squirm and fidget their exasperations,
Prisoners....

To find out the end of the poem, you have to read the book...

Don't you hate it when people do that?

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