Thursday, January 9, 2025

Ode to humanity and William Carlos Williams


The coffee has gone cold
I can nuke it if you want 
she says it's alright
so I turn to my phone again
the news streams keep getting worse
and I am a little dazed this morning
from yesterday's beer
it was a European brew 
a little bitter 
the ones that come in green bottles
with edged crowns 
and lesser-known names.
 
It’s a muggy day
and humanity is almost on the cusp of a total meltdown
so we get on with the hours
like William Carlos Williams 
would have, 
through the narrow streets of Paterson, New Jersey
after a home visit to an ailing child.

Anant Dhavale

( From "What the Tornado Left Behind.)

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