Thu 7 Jul 2011
MARTA tanka:
commemorating the occasional occasions when riding the rail can be an inspiration
MARTA - Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority
tanka - form of Japanese syllabic waka poetry (similar to haiku) whereby the poet expresses gratitude for and/or commemorates a meaningful occasion
Mt No. 1 - “Hard of Hearing”
She and her cardboard
billboard disrupt me and her
DEAF BUT NEED TO EAT
(lip-synced upchucked plea for hope)
would gut my bankrupt billfold.
"No, Mr. President."