Michael Coy Poet Sonnet

Marxism For Dummies 6

As Arkansas could never be Alaska,
so no-one wants Montana to be Maine.
Could North Dakota claim to be Nebraska?
Can Vachel Lindsay double for Hart Crane?

If Sing Sing isn’t Appalachian Spring,
and Justin Bieber can’t be Frankie Laine,
or William Burroughs isn’t Stephen King,
then Terminator Two’s not Citizen Kane.

If Fifty Shades is not The House of Usher,
and Ginsberg couldn’t write the Wayside Inn,
why should you think that China’s part of Russia,
or Kim Il Sung is also Ho Chi Minh?

Why should they be colluding, callous elves?
Why can’t they be as different as ourselves?

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Darren White March 17, 2017 at 6:16 AM We most certainly don't want Hart Crane to be Vachel Lindsay, or else one of two great poets would be non-existent :) I thoroughly enjoy all those comparisons, and I GET why you do that, but it's so fun and inventive in itself :) Poe would like 50 shades, I can imagine him doing things with that! Michael Coy March 18, 2017 at 6:26 AM When you comment, you always ADD something to the poem. It's a wonderful skill. Darren White March 18, 2017 at 2:31 AM I love Lindsay's poetry, it's wonderful....