Category: Nature Poetry

Where is Martin Van Buren

now that America needs him?

(glaring up from a creek

bed in Novato California)

a Marin Van Buren frottage!

 

© 2024 by bob plainwilder

Next: a Martin Van Buren frottage, part two

(Where is Martin Van Buren, now that America needs him?)

when Martin Van Buren appears
we give a toot.
we are the only duly recognized
Martin Van Buren authority.

we’ve learned well from history
what would Van Buren wear?
what would Van Buren say?
what made V.B. presidential?

the Martin Van Buren look.
the Martin Van Buren way.
Martin Van Buren’s greatest hits —
a Martin Van Buren frottage!

Martin Van Buren’s hairline
evoked his life and time
his bulbous nose and pointed chin
the world might never see again…

a Martin Van Buren frottage!

 

© 2024 by bob plainwilder