Borrowed Trouble: Micro Tribute to d.a. levy (1934-2014)
I wouldn’t write at all if it weren’t
for myriad writers before me whose works showed me what was possible. The poems
of this series are small offerings of respect, of thanks, to those muses. –
Brian Beatty
The sky is an uneasy
mimeograph blue.
Ohio towns all smell
of tire factories
never built there.
(Truly. It’s in the air.)
Everyone you meet
aspires to become
a mailman. For the
uniform and perks.
An unfortunate few
pass the exam.
The rest wind up
studying art in prison,
making the most of
their stays there.
If some jerk does
somehow escape,
he quickly realizes
the error of his ways.
Back in he goes. Voluntarily this
time.
– Brian Beatty
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d.a. levy epitomizes the anti-academic school of poetry to my mind. Which I enjoy, because there's more to life than tenure.
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