\u201cAll truths wait in all things,\u201d wrote Walt Whitman in \u201cSong of Myself.\u201d<\/p>\n
I wait for that truth; I take notes.<\/p>\n
In the probation office this morning, Walt’s singing.<\/p>\n
I record his music in a blue book.<\/p>\n
Where, a man says, \u201cAlcohol is my gig.\u201d<\/p>\n
Where, a rebuffed kiss got him three busted ribs.<\/p>\n
Where, she cracked a beer bottle on his head.<\/p>\n
Where, smoking pot burns a slit windpipe.<\/p>\n
Where, poinsettias pen forced reports.<\/p>\n
Where, Captain Crunch proves dangerous in the checkout line.<\/p>\n
Where, a man in a three-piece suit reads Macbeth<\/i>.<\/p>\n
Where, the state stages another ventriloquism show.<\/p>\n
Where, a grandmother falls asleep on her phone.<\/p>\n
Where, she can’t fill a beaker with piss.<\/p>\n
Where, a man can’t write an action plan because he can’t spell.<\/p>\n
Where, I didn’t offer him help.<\/p>\n
Where, I failed him right there.<\/p>\n
Some writer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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