Poem for Tohm Bakelas you are an old soul with a heart full of stencils with love mimeographed inside your chest a born reader a black rabbit trapped in a dusty shed with empty cigarette cartons & forgotten words of wisdom hidden away in a field in new jersey or some ohio trailer park filled with myth your laugh is warhol’s never ending telephone a collect call into the past they don’t make them like you anymore brother they never did.
About the Author: John Dorsey is the former poet laureate of Belle, Missouri and the author of Pocatello Wildflower. He may be reached at archerevans@yahoo.com.
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Image Credit: John Margolies “Enterprise, Seaside Heights, New Jersey” (1978) Public domain image courtesy of the Library of Congress
As It Ought To Be 