What do
You
Wear to a
Poetry
Slam?
No beret,
Mohair
Jacket,
Or shades:
Thank you,
Ma’am?
What do
You
Wear to a
Poetry
Bash?
No Kerouac-
Ginsberg
Goatee or
Mustache?
What do
You
Wear to a
Poetry
Event?
No
Ankle high
Boots,
Small glasses,
Frames bent?
What do
You
Wear
When the
Words
Are the
Thing: the
Reasons,
Emotions,
Get-got
Up and
Sing?

rjw, 12/27/02