by Gil Hoy
The sweetest word
I've ever heard
Rhymes with:
Scene, Queen
and Tangerine
Rebellious Teen
and Jimmy Dean.
Lean, Mean
and so Obscene
Gulping down
some more Caffeine.
Gene, Spleen
and Submarine
Very few
and far Between.
Keen, Glean
and coffee Bean
Riding in
a Limousine.
The sweetest word
I've ever heard?
Vaccine.
Gil Hoy is a Boston poet who studied poetry at Boston University through its Evergreen program. Hoy's poetry has previously appeared in Rat’s Ass Review, Tipton Poetry Journal, Ariel Chart, Right Hand Pointing, Indian Periodical, Rusty Truck, Mobius: The Journal of Social Change, The Penmen Review, Misfit Magazine, Chiron Review, and elsewhere. He is a regular contributor to The New Verse News. Hoy previously received a B.A. in Philosophy and Political Science from Boston University, an M.A. in Government from Georgetown University, and a J.D. from the University of Virginia School of Law. He served as a Brookline, Massachusetts Selectman for 12 years and is a semi-retired trial lawyer.