Taylor Mali has so many great poems, but this is my absolute favorite.
It's one of those "funny because it's true" pieces that truthfully and comedically tells it like it really is. It seems like there's almost an un-spoken formula on how to write and speak a political poem that performance poets learn at birth. I know that I've committed my fair share of the things he describes in this piece...especially the last bit. Ouch! Guilty as charged:-)
Because all you have to do to end a political poem is
close your eyes,
lower your voice, and end by saying:
the same line three times,
the same line three times,
the same line three times.
hilarity!!
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