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poetry by j matthew waters

these towns all look the same

maybe you should go there
and stop complaining about
taxes and megaphoning
death to your leader

I’ve seen more out-of-town
and out-of-state license plates
than I care to report

we are just this one small dot
connected to no other single point
on this godforsaken landscape

my lord tells me something bad
is about to happen again tonight

there is no reason not to believe her

june two thousand seventeen
copyright j matthew waters
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Posted in In the City, Poetry and tagged poem, Poetry

10 thoughts on “these towns all look the same”

estella on June 21, 2017 at 9:27 pm said:

“megaphoning” … I dig this verb.

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- j matthew waters on June 22, 2017 at 6:32 am said:
  
  yeah, me too!
  
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Bonny Blogger on June 22, 2017 at 6:52 am said:

ha! hubby told me there was a goddess worshipped before the current God …one of the reasons I like this 😀

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- j matthew waters on June 22, 2017 at 6:54 am said:
  
  thanks for visiting (again) and commenting on this piece
  
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Lara/Trace on June 22, 2017 at 10:43 am said:

Wow, I can cry at the drop of a hat. You did it so well.

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- j matthew waters on June 22, 2017 at 1:45 pm said:
  
  Thank you very much, Lara. I appreciate you visiting and reading and commenting on my poetry.
  
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denise0904 on June 22, 2017 at 8:17 pm said:

the only trouble is….god might be a different sex altogether. good poem

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- j matthew waters on June 23, 2017 at 8:31 am said:
  
  yes I agree and thank you
  
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Björn Rudberg (brudberg) on July 4, 2017 at 2:19 pm said:

Better treat her like a lady

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- j matthew waters on July 4, 2017 at 5:23 pm said:
  
  absolutely
  
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