Wednesday, June 22, 2011

lunch poem

today was the beach blanket party
wet noodles and tofurkey veggie slices
hunched over my computer
felt like quasimodo by the end
of the day singing
like the idiot i am
the bells! the bells!
o for tenure
and the sweet gig
i am reminded i just had a b-day
i return with a thanks i'm 44
--what's that you're writing, a poem
--yes i answer
--how long does it take you to write a poem
--it's taken me 44 years and 30 seconds
to be done

6 Comments:

At 11:21 AM, Blogger Jean Vengua said...

Happy birthday, Richard! Love the poem. Did you know your poem as been tweeted, and retweeted? ;-))

(by @onetarot and @okir2k)

 
At 9:34 PM, Blogger Jim K. said...

Nice mind cam.
I have "Lunch Poems" a foot from
my shoulder. Much in keeping with
its mood. Love the 44y30s, and the
poets T-dream. heh..

Hapy B, and keep carving, hermano!

 
At 11:23 PM, Blogger richard lopez said...

wow! cool. a big thank you to you jim and to you jean.

 
At 12:13 PM, Anonymous Vaguely Quotable said...

A belated happy birthday and thanks for the poem. I have to agree with Jim. The last line is a clincher. Ryan

 
At 11:21 PM, Blogger richard lopez said...

gracias, mi amigo

 
At 9:51 AM, Anonymous Vaguely Quotable said...

De nada.

 

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