Tonight's Poet Corner: Introspection
(Looks to the left and sees controversy over Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election) (Looks to the right and sees more awful shenanigans from the presidential transition team) (Looks up and down and sees an inundation of holiday cheer) So I've been writing pieces meant to be spoken word. Wanna see an example? There's more where that came from! *** Mark of the Covenant by Belinda Roddie Iāve learned itās detrimental to be sentimental these days Iām shaking off a lingering cough and fighting this malaise That gazes on me like my own mother disappointed She expected me to be a saint, holy and anointed Disjointed, I want to find a doctrine to hold onto Hoping for a creed and a belief I can respond to Iām desperate for respiration from the Lord Almighty But thereās no way I can do this rightly āCause Iām a symbol of the covenant ā thatās right, pinks and blues, purples and all sorts of fabulous hues I am the rainbow tattooed on your aching rig...