Subject: There Will Always Be a Moment in Your Life That Can Change Everything
If you think there’s been enough foment
in the heartland, try keeping your thinking
to a minimum. For now take comfort in
sitting in a bar, assessing the heartland
from afar. Ask your bartender for a shot
of anything & remember: the modern nation’s
clairvoyants have no time for the dalliances
of astral charts: they’ll just pronounce you happy,
possessed of everything. Long an advocate
of lengthy memory & strong alliances,
you’ll address the grievances of the masses
with grim pride. The leaders of the coup
made announcements; they didn’t last.
You called a press conference to comment.
These feelings shouldn’t be allowed to ferment,
you said, not if we’re to change anything. By now
you’ve lost your shot to the gaunt blonde
watching the revolution fail on the television.
Ask your bartender for another moment’s
peace. Ask your martyred friends
if there’s still hope for cheap feats of resistance.
| Samuel Wharton |
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