DEATHKNELL VILLANELLE
	Kenneth Pobo - March/April 2010

 

 

At least we don’t have gay marriage
The economy is considering suicide
At least we don’t have gay marriage

4000 soldiers dead in Iraq
Maybe a million Iraqis dead
At least we don’t have gay marriage

Try heating your home this winter
If you’re poor while oil companies surge
At least we don’t have gay marriage

A Senator says global warming is a hoax
The polar bear could tell him otherwise
At least we don’t have gay marriage

Fix the intelligence
Fix the elections 
At least we don’t have gay marriage

Consumerism is an arsenic sugar cookie
Foreclosures walk in front of televisions
At least we don’t have gay marriage
At least we don’t have gay marriage

 

 

 

 

Kenneth Pobo has a new book of poems from WordTech Press called Glass Garden .  His online chapbook, Crazy Cakes, can be accessed at http://scars.tv.  He lives in Pennsylvania .  Catch his radio show, “Obscure Oldies,” on Saturdays from 6-8pm EST at WDNR.com.