Newspoem 25 June 1999

Pride Week now only Urbana

Why? Champaign, your wretche
m
ayor Jerry qui
ten ye
ars of unity.
This insipid pig q
uoth: "No … [one] deserves a… day." 
T
urn back the clock: it's 1988. Why?
Wh
y finish your parade?
Wh
y swallow your pride?
Tr
y Urbana. Come in.


Newspoetry by William at Spineless Books