Showing posts with label waltmarie. Show all posts
Showing posts with label waltmarie. Show all posts

Tuesday, February 23, 2021

Old Rupert’s Almanac, a waltmarie*

 

If you want to succeed at the new farming --

sow lies


Distribute them widely, water them with fears, and wait while they ripen --

harvest 


Congratulations, you have raised America’s greatest cash crop --

outrage 


It’s the new plastic and people are getting rich --

trust me


If you don’t mind a little dirt, the terrific thing about the new farming is this:

it pays.

 

*A waltmarie is a ten-line poem in which the even lines are all two syllables in length and form their own mini-poem if read separately.

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