A poem about anger and the feelings of urgency it can kick up.

The Artwork: Anger

Anger

The Poem: Anger

Anger pulls an engine into action,
“Everything is imperative!”
screams the siren-red inner sound,
so matter-of-fact
in its priorities, so urgent
with its do-it-now demands
driving every breath
each
tumbling
word
(so help me)
flies like a dart
at buy-one-get-one-happy-hour,
to date no bull’s-eye on record,
and the wall
will never
be the same.

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