OBJECTIVELY AGHAST

I’m to read

at an open mic -

protest poems

I’m having a hard time

getting my thoughts together

What are you protesting?

            Whadda ya got

to misquote a Wild One

Protest:  to state an objection

That covers everything (for me)

from almond milk to xenophobia

I object to the fact there are so many fucking things to object to!

Maybe that will be my next protest sig(h)n.

Ah, your Honors

            I protest

            I object

            I oppose

            I am against

            & aghast

that –

these truths we hold to be self evident – aren’t

and furthermore…

RW

Seattle

07/15/2009