Thursday, March 12, 2020

We Are All Post-Colonial Now - poem

Lawrence Hall
mhall46184@aol.com
poeticdrivel.blogspot.com

We Are All Post-Colonial Now

On the Veranda, all Tickety-boo

Wearing Khakis, Dungarees, or Madras plaid
We sit over our cups of Darjeeling
discussing the poetry of Claude McKay
and the prose of Chinua Achebe








To Miz Grundy, Ideologues, Censors, and the Perpetually Outraged:

There is only frivolity here, a celebration of cultures. I repudiate ideology, identity politics, and the misuse of art as propaganda. I would enjoy hearing about your loves, your visions of beauty, you first car, and your dog, but if you're packing outrage please leave it with the deputy at the edge of town (cf. Rio Bravo).

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