Newspoem.

You can hope the UFOs have finally come to take our WMDs

Newspoem 25 August 2016

God is supposed to make me feel connected to something larger than myself.

Politics is supposed to make me feel connected to something larger than myself.

My job is supposed to make me feel connected to something larger then myself.

Family is supposed to make me feel connected to something larger than myself (but I feel like I have five separate families).

Literature is supposed to make me feel like I'm connected to something larger than myself.

Watching this freaky, silent lightning storm at 3 a.m. last night made me feel connected to something larger than myself.


Newspoetry by William Gillespie at Spineless Books