day FOUR HUNDRED and NINETY ONE

Watching

the
president
talk
about
sending
more
soldiers
into
Afghanistan
claiming
we
will
win
this
war
after
16
long
years
feel
like
a
crow
standing
on
the
road
during
a
pouring
rain
unable
to
fly
too
tired
to
move
looking
at
the
oncoming
car
knowing
how
it
will
end.

--Matt Borczon

Matt Borczon has written eight books of poetry, the latest My Reality is out through Alien Buddha Press.