Poem of the Week

SWAY BABE!

Sway babe!

Shift weight from one foot to the next.

Seek the secret, unseen rhythms.

Spin the dial of your FM mind radio.

Sift through static,

The bam da bam of staccato beats,

To thought talk shows.

Discuss the unnaturally serene.

Twist, leap, find the highest point of best reception;

Demand clarity,

Find focus,

Tune ears to hear

The One voice of your heart, your soul.

Sway Babe!

Ignore the mass of men

Listen to Thoreau, to Ellison.

Remember the Tick-Tock Man.

Sell not your soul

To society’s

So-called integrity.

Dig up the rails.

Take your steam locomotive

Through woods,

Over mountains,

Ram it through the capital building.

Through phony political promises

Into their diabolical truths.

I will not dance slave to marionette strings.

I will not go gently into Dylan’s night.

I will sway babe,

Out

of

synch

to

you.