forever hides (a participatory poem) plz sbmit a stnza
January 4, 2007
in the sock drawer
the shower spray
the daily news
a child born gay
I grab some toast
I gobble fast
I’m in the car
to work at last
parched from breakfast
swish swig of joe
to scheduled class
quickly I go
back of classroom
blackened faces
rows and rows of
burned-out races
after class,
get more joe
think I see god
in starbucks’ logo
So I pray
unto my coffee.
Will this help,
me in my coffin?
he listens,
i hope for the best,
if i have his ear,
what of the rest?
qazse 
January 4, 2007 at 4:14 pm
I grab some toast
I gobble fast
I’m in the car
to work at last
January 4, 2007 at 9:48 pm
parched from breakfast
swish swig of joe
to scheduled class
quickly I go
January 4, 2007 at 10:24 pm
back of classroom
blackened faces
rows and rows of
burned-out races
January 11, 2007 at 3:43 am
after class
we go get some joe
I think I see god
in the starbucks logo
January 11, 2007 at 12:09 pm
So I pray
unto my coffee.
Will this help
me in my coffin?
January 12, 2007 at 9:50 pm
he listens,
i hope for the best,
if i have his ear,
what of the rest?
January 13, 2007 at 12:16 pm
qazse,
hope you don’t mind BUT
I linked to this on my site.
January 13, 2007 at 1:01 pm
z-freek, I am flattered. If you look in the Categories section to the right and click on Participatory Poetry you will find two previous poems.
The above poem (forever hides)did not go in the direction I thought it might but that is the excitement in it: the poem goes where others want to take it. Its kinda like giving birth and letting the commune raise the child collectively.
January 13, 2007 at 1:26 pm
Hey Gazse if your seeing God in the Starbucks logo that isn’t coffee your drinking.
January 14, 2007 at 12:23 pm
ezra, I know…I don’t even like that stanza…but I do love coffee…and Starbucks does know how to roast…and I was drinking an Eye of the Hawk select ale or two at the time…hmmmm…