People don’t eat (manifestos)
People don’t eat
manifestos (and the like)
says a voice-note
on a midday radio show
(it’s just a radio show
that could be anywhere
your country or mine
if you and I do indeed
have a country)
manifestos and manifesto-ing
manifesto-ing and manifestos
is everyone showboating
up a street-lit pole
(an injury to one
is an injury to all)
People don’t eat
manifestos whatever
their nutritional value
junk food or junk status
People don’t eat
manifestos whatever
their and their offsprings’
literacy and numeracy levels
despite manifestos
in spite of manifestos
even because of manifestos
and the promises up your
street-lit pole or otherwise
People don’t eat
manifestos
People don’t eat
People don’t
People
(By David Kapp)