in the sunlight w/ faces
contorted by fear and by shame

at the edge of the freeway

found the baby’s body there,
found the mother’s,
and the myth was complete

the song went to #1

none of the words had any meaning,
but we all fucking loved it

Good to read you again John.  And I fucking love it.

Yes, the poem gets more wheigt with this "none of the words had any meaning".
Vasile

LOL Nora, it's such a versatile, one size fits all, BOGO, kind of word.

it's always a great word for added emphasis.  sometimes i just can't find any others that'll do the trick.  it's good for live readings, cuz you can just load it up w/ such an insane amount of venom and contempt.

sure, the contempt thing's true,
but when it's the real deal
it feels good too...


michael

This conversation is making my Monday.

Great poem. No effing problem with it - the right word at the right place and time.

milner

well said.

John......where have you been?  Always nice to read you.....xo Michelle

sometimes fuck works so well doesn't it?

Hi John...

I think it's all been said... I am keeping my mouth shut!  ;-)

Laura

Needs to move up!

larry

It's good to revisit some of your poems on here today, John. My son is almost seventeen and he's reading and interpreting poetry in class. Or perhaps I should say, he's being told what the proper interpretation should be and it's driving him crazy. Nevertheless, he's reading poetry and talking about it. I introduced him to some of your stuff in "Between Truth and Mercy." It made quite the impact.