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Friday, September 16, 2011

RIGHT OR LEFT?

by Charlie Mehrhoff


The school bus of democracy
stuck in high gear,
out of control,
heading for the wall.

No driver.
Or too many drivers –
the school board,
miles away
from the screams
of the children,
debates
over which way
to go.

Hope: being a swift U-turn
upon the razor’s edge.


Charlie Mehrhoff has sent out little work in the past decade but has occasionally offered some words to The New Verse News.
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