Steve Grammatico Poet Free verse

Like Ferlinghetti, I Am Waiting

I am waiting for 60 Minutes to run out the clock
and I am waiting for Old Media to request end-of-life counseling
and I am waiting for NASA to announce an imminent extinction event
and I am waiting for the FCC to scrap its plan to monitor thought waves
And I am really waiting for someone to interrupt Bill O’Reilly

I am waiting for Wolf Blitzer to screw up one morning and shave
and I am waiting for GM to admit the Volt was not grounded in reality
and I am waiting for Madonna to say she’s mad as hell and she’s not gonna shake it anymore 
and I am waiting for a priest, a rabbi, and a mullah to walk into a bar
And I am really really waiting for the day when humor is color-blind 

Inspired by the poem I Am Waiting by Lawrence Ferlinghetti,
from A Coney Island of the Mind (1958)

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Olive Eloisa Guillermo - Fraser February 5, 2016 at 4:16 AM witty and funny.. =`) heheeh hey is Grammatico your real surname.. :O? enjoyed! :D ~Olive ELoisa =`) Steve Grammatico February 5, 2016 at 9:20 AM Thank you, Olive. Yes, it is my real name. Normally I would not use it for security reasons, but when I signed up I thought, what the heck, I'm just posting poems. And it appears a lot of people are using their real names here, aithough I found a forum thread where their is some angst about identifying yourself.

Richard Lamoureux January 30, 2016 at 6:12 AM You have quite the sense of humor. Interesting thoughts. Steve Grammatico February 2, 2016 at 11:02 AM The last person who commented on my sense of humor used the word "warped."

Andrea Dietrich January 27, 2016 at 8:19 PM this is too cool, Steve. Love it, AND your last name!!! Steve Grammatico January 27, 2016 at 9:42 PM Thanks, Andrea. Yes, and with that last name, i'm embarrassed if I make a grammatical error.

Skat A January 27, 2016 at 12:30 PM Steve, A great pleasure to find and read the inspiration poured from your pen today. Love ** SKAT ** Steve Grammatico January 27, 2016 at 9:46 PM Thanks, Skat. Though truth be told, it's more accurate to say it dripped from my pen over a period of days.