by Steven Kent
"Mark Robinson to stay in North Carolina race despite revelation of offensive comments" (The Guardian, 20 Sep 2024)
We need slavery today. I'm just saying:
A man who's in chains can't go gaying.
Black Nazi, dig porn,
Yet as sure as you're born
I could still win this thing, so I'm staying!
Steven Kent is the poetic alter ego of writer and musician Kent Burnside. His work appears in 251, Asses of Parnassus, Light Poetry Magazine, Lighten Up Online, New Verse News, The Orchards Poetry Journal, Philosophy Now, Pulsebeat Poetry Journal, The Road Not Taken: A Journal of Formal Poetry, Snakeskin, and Well Read. His collection I Tried (And Other Poems, Too) was published in 2023 by Kelsay Books.