The Pretty Papers Section
By Ed Roberson
dithers and bumstead trying to vote
who gets to hold the gun
and who gets to sleep
on the other’s watch—
where’s Blondie she’s outside
talking with the neighbors through
the fence as always
asking where’s the children—
someone says they seen them
take flight turned
to black birds wearing tee shirts printed
Black
Lives Matter
Black Lives Matter and diners
run from the restaurant failing
to pay—
a shining head drops
from the sky.
Notes:
“Pretty papers” is Swedish slang for the comics pages.
Source: Poetry (October 2020)