Michael Pruchnicki
Poems by Michael Pruchnicki : 161 / 556
DOWN FALLS THE TYRANT
Worthy of a sonnet or an ode
don't you think? I asked
the worthy citizen in rags
pushing a grocery cart
brimming with trash
down the dirt road-
all concrete and asphalt
long gone in the aftermath
of a great catastrophe.
The citizen screwed up
rheumy-red eyes at me
grinning a toothless smile
'Have a taste, mate? '
Michael Pruchnicki
Submitted: Monday, January 25, 2010
Poems by Michael Pruchnicki : 161 / 556
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