Your Stupid Poem by Michael Walkerjohn

"the spell everyone is under"

anesthetize-mesmerize-magnetize
put to sleep- bring under control
fascinate- captivate- lull to sleep
subject to suggestion- stupefy
charm-drug-entrance-induce
dull the will- soothe
make drowsy
make sleepy
narcotize
PHUUCK!
Me Running!
Picture this adventure!
excite-stimulate-incite
repel-repulse-turn off
exhilarate-disenchant
For crying out loud folks!
Turn off those phuucking TV's!
Walk out your front doors and breathe!
Sit on your lawns… Pick some begonias!
Pull off a single blade of grass and learn
how to use it to make a trick whistle!
Snip off a seeding dandy-lion and blow
against it just to watch its seeds fly! Learn
from this beta test… learn what to do in case
the entire house of cards folds in on itself! Think!
for yourselves for the first time in your insignificant
"little people" lives! So, what you ain't got one thing
that anyone else on the block needs! Stand tall and do
face your chin to the sky and open your sealed shut eyes
and look at the cleared up normal sky and take a full breath
and hold it for a few seconds and taste it… allow your pie
hole to revel with it… allow your mouths to water just
a tiny bit for the heck of it and for a short sweetest
moment… let that taste roll all over your tongues!
"Then spit" ala Josey Wales and get as mad as
all hello and sit down… on the cool ground
take off your shoes… your shirt… your stupid!