- Catherine Bramkamp

[Larry Robinson]

 Applying for a poetic license
 
The line was surprisingly long
The wait - nerve wracking
List credentials:
Classes, check
Workshops, check
MFA, check
Conferences, check
Long dark night of the soul, check
 
Fill in:  Quote the masters
Fill in: quote the hacks
And don’t do that.  Ever. 
 
Multiple choice:
How many coffee spoons would you need
To measure  your life?
How big was your yawp
For how many  hours did you  race naked screaming
Down the foggy hills of San Francisco?
 
Extra credit:
Bad childhood?
Lonely marriage?
 
Did you get it all, the man behind me asked.
All, I replied 
but at the front of the line
The sign clicked over 
Like an old clock, new numbers
The fee changed again  
& Today, too high
For what remains
In my account.
 
	- Catherine Bramkamp
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