november 4, 2020

of course there will be

wednesday morning quarterbacks & pundits

still incessantly chattering in the streets

& months before the old president

finds his way to a cold steel cell

or he finds a way of fleeing with his entourage

for another tax escape haven

but i'm pretty sure most people

will take a deep breath

     hopefully with their masks still on

looking for a way to carry on from here

maybe we're four years on the doomsday clock

or four minutes

unless something new really takes hold

glacial melts & forest fires

make for an apocalyptic soup

     too much salt or allspice on both sides of the equator

sorry i have but one tongue

for two cheeks

my pair of deuces are little more than a bluff

if you want to scream

maybe do it in the woods

before the trees go bare

if you don't like an echo

leave your phone behind

--- e b bortz