I am anxiously looking forward to the third and the last US Presidential Debate, which will be held tonight at Hofstra University in Hempstead, New York.
In line with the debate and the coming presidential election, I decided to post another experimental performance poetry, the Hey Poem, entitled
Voters, Wake Up! This poem has been included in my upcoming book, THE EXPERIMENTAL DASANG (Hey Poem) and 45 OTHER POETRY FORMS.
VOTERS, WAKE UP!Edmund M. Industan
A blot of an ink on a boxed paper board;
A hit of that screen with names that we know,
An effort from us with hope that it would
Better the globe; changed rotting world.
Soar to the world! See how they perform.
First year o’erflows with peaches and cream;
Following months served with decaying fruit…
Good to the cronies; bad to those who can’t be reached
With the magic wand of the elected!
But hey!
It is ‘them’ fault? Or it’s ‘us’ to blame!
Hey!
We put them there! And we sleep and dream!
Hey!
The bed of roses would slip so fast…
Then we’re awake, we cried for a failed task!
We muster the disgruntled; we marched to the street.
To the leaders, we’re roaches to be quashed and contained.
We joined forces to startle and threaten
Wishing for more strength! But alas! ‘twas hard to gain.
Many of us would raise our hands up.
Others would show thumbs down for the lame.
The herd disoriented! Others jumped off! Some were maimed!
Those voices so strong before…now just whispers of dying men.
But hey!
It’s not the end! The full term will come!
Let’s educate every man this time!
Let’s cast our vote wisely mark for those
Candidates, who have brains and brawns…
Morals pleasing to God and not just to men!
(c) e. industan, 2007
I hope and pray that voters will vote wisely on Nov. 4th.
Tags: DEBATE VOTING US Presidential Election Hey Poem Dasang
