Second Coming No. 32 — Feb. 20, 2025
A poem-a-day protest against the threat posed to our democracy by the current occupant of the White House
Jane Putnam Perry
Propulsion
the push pushing of paradox until it becomes folly a projection of inconsistency so far beyond quibbling as to be bull a propulsion of rigmarole until it becomes rant ejaculating romance throwing bombast flinging twaddle until it turns to fudge or rubbish or pure piffle
we toss trash shoot slipslop discharge flummery while calling it balderdash this is insanity rot tripe I want to throw things all the vagary and foolery and the mummery and monkey-tricks feel like darts a quarry so full of extravagance
Jane Putnam Perry is the author of the memoir White Snake Diary: Exploring Self-Inscribers (Atmosphere Press, 2020) and the academic book Outdoor Play: Teaching Strategies with Young Children (Teachers College Press, 2001). Her work has appeared in journals including Blood Orange Review, McSweeney’s Quarterly Concern, Paper Dragon, and Still Point Arts Quarterly.
Indolent Books and editor Michael Broder are back with another poem-a-day series as a creative response to the threat posed to our democracy by the current occupant of the White House. The plan is to continue for all 1460 days of the 47th American presidency.
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