Today's poem is by Lee Upton

Political Ambition
       

A pig swallowing an entire
apple tree
then sleeping under covers
Politics must be hard
You can't step into
the same politics twice
I take off my boots
When I try to put them back on
they won't let me
Politics is wearing them now
Politics can always step into a victim twice
Here's Pharaoh
here's a basket
and inside the basket
is the death of Pharaoh's son.

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Copyright © 2023 Lee Upton All rights reserved
from The Day Every Day Is
Saturnalia Books
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