MARK YOUNG

(This feature is part of TRUCK’s Theme Issue on the List or Catalog Poem. You can go HERE for an Index of the Participating Poets.)

A line from George W. Bush

Canoeing with a can of copper
spray paint & some fabric trim
would have been a lot easier. In-
stead we ended up traveling with

Hefner, in his private jet, staying
in opulent hotel suites, sampling
fresh takes on classic cocktails, &
all subsidized by a federal grant.

A line from John Tyler

Cocaine is one of the few

products grown. Centipedes

are fairly common. A small

fire in a Manila apartment

is apt to disregard class

distinctions. There is a

distinct spirit manifested in

the earnings of industry as

patients harvest 100 pounds

of shiitake mushrooms or

patronize the current news-

papers of the day. The list is

both distributive & associative.

Women of the household are

often also involved. These

habitations seldom contain more

than one apartment. Madeover

gowns are so  unsatisfactory,

but still more than enough

to marry off your daughter.

[First published in HOTUS POTUS by Mark Young (Meritage Press, San Francisco & St. Helena, 2015)]