Second Coming No. 97 — April 26, 2025
A poem-a-day protest against the threat posed to our democracy by the current occupant of the White House
Kerry Loughman
void
things fall apart nothing breaks like a heart hearts made to be broken
brokered in parts in deals no appeals no second chances note people’s glances
despair at that mask that evil clown syndicate boss grifting those in his care
why you may ask why logos is lost no heart no repair no turning back &
so what if the dog does get on the crosstown bus hitches a ride with the UPS man
you say that’s no plan a man a plan a canal panama so far from a center which
cannot does not hold cambium sapwood a heart at the center black hole
Kerry Loughman‘s poems have appeared in Nixes Mate, Passager, Lily Poetry Review, Main Street Rag, and other journals. She is a retired photographer and educator living in the Boston area.
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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