Down in the 'Hood'?

Down in the ‘Hood’

A sign on Broadway
In Santa Maria,
Before the last exit:
Jesus Auto Repair

Did you take a
Wrong turn far back?
Are you all tired out
With nothing to spare,
Exhausted,
Running on empty
And braking loose?

Stop clutching,
Gearing down to be
‘Souled’ for cheap
Down in the ‘hood,’
Headed for junk.


Our man specializes
In total overhaul
And restoration;
The transmission
Everyone can afford!


Down in the ‘hood’ today?

Time to Bloom UP!

First published in Right Hand Pointing
Anthologized in Psalms, Yawps, and Howls



In the Light,

Daniel Wilcox

'Whether' of the Arab Spring

‘Whether'
Of the Arab Spring
Turning glacial,
No global warming, only bloody warring
Very natural, yes,
Theological and political;

Whether Syria or Nigeria
Or Egypt’s
Two natures,
An ancient debate

Related to their 'Origen'

Whether

Coptic
Or (And)
Muslim?

And which Brotherhood?

Banned together

Or
Truly
One--
We the People…

No,
Once
Again
One’s
Chosen
By militant power,
No Sissy,
But El…

General (then no) mayhem

Not
Nazarene
Or
Taliban,
Yet again
The Strongman
Nasserite,

Whether
Another
Indigenous
Napoleon-night



Daniel Wilcox
First published in The New Verse News
in different form