Poetry Report: Government Shutdown

Poetry
Written By Scott Poole

“Those guys were
supposed
to be out there
fixing the car,
tuning the engine”

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It just feels like super stupid happy time in America right now.

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Those Guys Out There


Those guys were
supposed
to be out there
fixing the car,
tuning the engine,
changing the oil,
checking the plugs,
washing the windows.

But since they
didn't want
anyone to have
affordable healthcare

they lit the car on fire,
watched it explode
in the driveway,
sold the scrap
to a junkyard,
pissed on my dog,
and pocketed the cash
and then told me
I was fired.

"But, I hired you," I said.

"Whatever. Socialist."

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Scott Poole

Scott Poole is the House Poet for Live Wire! Radio, a weekly public radio show taped in Portland, OR and broadcast throughout the country. He is the author of three books of poetry, The Cheap Seats, Hiding from Salesmen and, most recently, The Sliding Glass Door (2011, Colonus Publishing). He was also the founding director of Wordstock, the annual Portland, OR book festival.

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