The Party (a poem from 1992)

The Party

Everyone started talking about the drama critic

As soon as she left. "Did you see what she

Was wearing?" The Presidents of Harvard, Brown, and Duke

Were quoted deploring recruitment practices current

On their campuses. Would you say that these gentlemen

Are sincere? I would unhesitatingly do so!

I happen to know them and can vouch that each

Is an honorable man, and is married to the mother

Of the eye-turning theater critic whose power

To make or break a play is unparalleled in New York --

Lovely to look at, quick with a quip, easy to love --

Yes, but none of them has the backbone to stand up

To the power-hungry yahoos who want to destroy

The written word in the name of personal liberation!

 

(DL, 1992)

pictures by DL 2023

photo by Elaine Equi

 

 

 

 

Comments

[Space Waves]

so romantic poem

[Marissa Despain]

The more things change, etc . . .