nobody liked henry strong
because he had been on the chain gang too long
or cared much for jarvis weeks
because he was a silly freak
and few people stood in line
to hear amanda briggs opine
on patriarchy or capitalism
or gender theory’s latest schism
or eagerly listened to my uncle gus
as he loudly asserted on the bus
that everything was just fine
back in the beginning of time
how many people are paid attention?
not enough to mention
and yet in a curious twist
they persist
humans stand in wind and rain
to say things over and over again
and when they go inside
they have nothing to hide
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