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Poem: Back by Popular Demand

Posted on October 1, 2011October 17, 2022 by David Barker

what a fucked up thing
to nail Jesus Is Coming to a tree
beside a highway in north ontario
a via dolorosa which is latin
for road through the middle of nowhere
and prompts an eternal question:
if a soul declares its christ
in a forest and there is no GOD
to hear it…
a tree-spiking evangelist is
no concern of mine no souls
harmed in the posting of this
sign only a narcissism fed
by an imaginary friend on a tree
or what about the lady ahead of me
in line at tim horton’s
who goes on and on about
The Conway Twitty Tribute Show
how she brought the show to town
packed five hundred into the hall
could have booked a second show
only HE wouldn’t let her
more interested in the stampeders
three hundred tickets left unsold
for that one, no wonder HE got
fired from managing the motel
don’t you hate how some people
go on and on as if you should
know what they’re talking about

Conway Twitty
Conway Twitty

Photo of Conway Twitty courtesty of United Talent Inc. (management)/MCA Records [Public domain] – see Wikimedia Commons

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