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
a Martin Van Buren frottage, part I
//Category: Edgy Writing
//a Martin Van Buren frottage, part II
//
(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
The Savior
//On Powell Street a few blocks up from Market,
a rail thin, black transsexual in hot pants and a bra
is yelling at people, “25 cents. That’s all I need
to get something to eat!”
When I put a dollar in her hand, she says in a high-pitched voice,
“Oh my God, darling! You saved my life!”
And after I walk a few steps past her, I turn and see her
moving through the crowd, probably to the Burger King
or McDonalds where she’ll savor her food
as if it was a gourmet meal,
and maybe say a prayer for me. . .
the one who saved her life.
© 2017 by Jeff Zable
Music and Poetry Audio
//The following tracks are performances by author Robert Lane Wilder with music by Anthony Sepulveda.
To check out free audio clips from this author, click here
Da Defiant Ones
//Sidney P. & Tony C. playing
Da Defiant Ones!
a tres significant filmic comment
1950 Jim Crow south:
one man black, one man white
a desperate bedraggled pair
In a tawdry deep south chain gang
racing off one day
brutal lawmen closing in
aiming to blow out their brains…
Sidney P. & Tony C. playing
Da Defiant Ones!
Insane existential threats & terror
dis film did address much that’s still not done…
sadly social problems
keep so many on the run!
Hats off to its shiny points
Hollywood’s inventive drum,
dis shtory told a poignant way…
Sidney P. & Tony C. playing
Da Defiant Ones!
© 2023 by bob plainwilder