Showing posts with label "The Word of the Day is 'Surmount'". Show all posts
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Saturday, March 14, 2020

"The Word of the Day is 'Surmount'" - a virus-free poem

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

“The Word of the Day is ‘Surmount’”

On the Conoco gasoline pump TV
The word of the day for six months has been
“Surmount.” A pen still colors the same light bulb
And floppy-eared dogs still sniff for your drugs

In my rustic simplicity I marvel
That a gas pump has a TV at all
But the content is as repetitive
As the traffic light across from the school

A gasoline TV is a little bit presh
But I simply hope that the fuel is fresh