Stone Soup Croutons, 9-18-24: Tourist Acts

Stone Soup Croutons is a weekly poem I write using lines and impressions selected from Stone Soup Poetry's open mic readers and features. I figure out a title (and sometimes the rest of the poem) later. You can read the other ones I've done since 2015 here.

 

I also have a book collecting the best of my first year of poems. Click here to purchase it.

Thanks to "Gentleman" Ed Gault for his feature this past Wednesday. We got it on video if you want to see it. 

Summer isn't over yet, but I really want to write autumn poems. This is my early start.

I hope to have more energy to continue writing as summer finally gets itself over with.

Thanks for reading.

 

Tourist Acts

 

It's like a dog

trying to chase

multiple sticks.

 

Empathy only

goes so far

before empty.

 

God's love,

like poutine

not everywhere.

 

Fill in black 

and white with

anther tune. 

Wait in line

for your dip 

in the water. 

See? Airhead

stay on stairs,

watches, waits

 

for Goldwater

era granddad

to finally die,

 

the daughter he

always wanted

here by choice.

 

Divorce from 

reality is not 

finalized yet.

 

Airhead knows

it's coming, takes

out cellphone,

 

takes selfie with

America behind.

Both gone soon. 

 

Special thanks to Bil Lewis, Jan Rowe, Richard Spisak, Jon Wesick, Robert Fleming, Ethan Mackler, James Van Looy and special feature Edward S. Gault.