King of Sunrise

 

King of Sunrise

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on the boulevard below
last night’s rain puddles
midst the chaos of metro-clutter
held hostage by tire and curb
as if abandoned by the waters of earth

it shoulders its way through the gutters
in search of mother sea

this day begins golden and crisp
bird songs echo empty sunrise streets

me and the first edition
we sit by this morning window
with coffee and curiosity
quietly serenaded by the 5:00 AM news

I read
occasionally glimpse the screen
grow troubled by our human plight
amazed how we never learn
when the answers seem so obvious

in this moment
the tv drones
my frustration rises
my spirit slips
my mind drifts
lifting on the vapor ribbons
wafting from my steaming cup
until I stare distracted

the announcer’s mouth continues sculpting words
but I’ve fallen deep into my thoughts
imagining how different it would be
if I ruled this world

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rob kistner © 2011

• linked at Magpie Tales

34 thoughts on “King of Sunrise”

  1. There’s a song like that…If I Ruled The World. James Brown sang it, I know.

    This reminded me of me, in front of some show with my coffee, when something sets my mind to drifting (it isn’t very hard to do) and i only come back several minutes later, with no idea what’s been said.

  2. Dear Rob: So much to like here!

    midst the chaos of metro-clutter

    Wonderful word play here and brilliant imagery!

    lifting on the vapor ribbons

    and

    sculpting words

    Very!

  3. that depends what are your campaign promises…not that you have to stand behind them…just sell them to get elected…ha…the answers so obvious they are missed, yep…

  4. If you were the sunrise king
    the blues would be the national
    anthem, a GTO would be the
    primary limousine, we would
    have socialized medicine,
    Thursday would be free bread
    day, racism would ebb, nationalism
    would take on a new face, TCM
    would be mandatory viewing,
    Woody Allen would be your jester,
    Kath would be the queen, of course,
    and poetry would rise again in
    the educational systems.

  5. Really good poem…heartfelt. Chuckled at the end! Agree with you though, we never do seem to learn..I stopped watching the news a while ago. Can’t seem to bear it any more…

  6. Yes the news any variation is the same old crap over and over and over again, you’d think people would wise up. Be so much different if many got a chance to rule the world.

  7. You’d get my vote! fantastic take on our trying times. Deja vu? We’ve been down this same road so many times in hopes the powers that be would save us…think it’s time to start saving ourselves…follow the example the powers that be present…Lord knows they’re taking good care of THEM! Sorry…soapbox moment, try to keep that to my own space!

  8. A fine capture – and so true: we never do learn, silly creatures that we are. Hell, speaking as a journalist: we certainly do have a predilection for our news. Lovely visual though.

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