Poetry of Issue #7        Page 15

As Though You Are Floating Above

Thinking of the books of Kurt Vonnegut brings on a flood of memories
That end in mutiny as all day like branches in the wind they overcame me
But why start the next world war
For what earned Kurt’s typewriter a purple heart doesn’t need me to publicly lecture anyone
about it
For it will always speak for itself fiercely yet thoughtfully
Even as the world in general these days sends out rejection letters to books they’ve never even
read before.