by Marge Merrill
I think
I might
gag
on the simple word--
Change.
This declaration fits nicely
into sound bytes on the evening news,
the mantra true believers plaster on car bumpers
or raise like a contrary battle flag
and yet--
the sound is as hollow
as the promises
held out
by the same tired hands.
Marge Merrill has produced a spoken word CD, eclectic, available through www.wordfaery.com.