August 31, 2013

Look! A Joke!

By Tony Brown

I woke up and found all my deep work 
had washed away overnight,
had vanished somewhere downstream,

and my brain called it a tragedy one time.
Then my body took on the form of a cruise missile,
waiting on a destroyer for flight.  This is no tragedy;

as a cruise missile I wouldn’t even think
of this as anything more than a good joke
to be savored on my way to a real tragedy.

About Tony Brown

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A poet with a history in slam, lots of publications; my personal poetry and a little bit of daily life and opinions. Read the page called "About..." for the details. View all posts by Tony Brown
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