Ineffable Queries From a Hospital Bed
Do you hear the hillbilly truck driver singing,
while the Black man's driving the slapped low ringing
in the background and you say I'm rigid in my points-of-view,
but these dead seem to still hold their sway over you?
Do you think the tree is white, too, remember
our perennial cure, the yard quitting its slumber,
so do things like flowers mean a thing anymore anyway,
like these mums that are wilting away on the tray?
Did the nurse put down the remote on the table
out of reach I am sick of the daytime babble
and your sour-faced glower that might steer me clear of a fray
or chance asking what might put you out of your way?
Copyright © Lawrence Strauss | Year Posted 2016
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