1.
If i can pay a price
immediately
and receive
what I ask for,
I do.
If I can delay payment
and receive at once
what I ask for, I do.
If I can pay and then receive
at some near date,
I may;
if I can pay now
and not be assured
of delivery, ever,
and there are
long odds
against getting what I want,
I may not;
if I can pay now
and maybe my children
will get what I’ve paid for,
I will not.
2.
Form or function?
Form.
Black or White?
Neither.
Right or left, red or blue?
Some purple in between.
Excess or right fit?
Are they different?
Answer or question?
What?
Answer or question?
That it is possible here
to have one without the other
explains everything.
3.
Refrain from the song
I just heard
echoes for a while after hearing.
Whether it is
Guthrie
or Scott Key
or KRS-One. Whether there’s a flute,
a bugle, or a cuatro in the melody.
Whether it is loud
or soft, or can be either.
Any lullaby encourages
sleep when it’s sung.
4.
I am proxy
no matter where I go.
I will bleed symbols
when stuck or shot
here or there, by someone
who denies or affirms me.
I lost the deed to me an age ago.
Tags: poetry, poems, currentevents
Dark Matter 
April 22nd, 2010 at 1:06 pm
I haven’t had a lot of time to comment in recent days, but I do read every word you write. I particularly liked Johnny Jump Ups. I look forward to your work. Pearl
April 22nd, 2010 at 2:06 pm
I was wondering where you’ve been, Pearl…welcome back, and thanks!