Tuesday, July 19, 2011

Untitled - #4 Valentine

Would you rather be a royal
believing in all that shite
as the Germans say it

or one of the middleclass
grubbers supporting it all?

these were Po-Chu-I’s unspoken
questions as he asked for the menu

in 1841 he wanted to see

where the greatest haiku
falls short of a beer

not how modern monarchy
equates with style in poetry

ruling better when deposed
and living monogamously

in Brooklyn near a cool
French seafood place
we tried and liked.

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