Poetry

why
is a simple question
to answer

gutter balls and backstabbers
watergates and timetables
men dying in foreign lands
widows eating dog food
children growing
and not growing old
the front pages of newspapers
the back pages of autobiographies

why
is a simple question
to answer

12/27/1979

Published by Anne Birkam

I am a former librarian who has been writing poetry most of her life.

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