Unequal or Equal
Here's my protest poem -
In memory of Blaine Hebbel.
With thanks. Nobody did what you did.
Do you mind
if I tip
the scales, press
a thumb, place
a weight on the
balance of
my side?
It will tip
my way –
Is that ok?
Do you mind?
Do you mind
if I start
the race halfway
to the prize?
Why, we still have the same chance –
We start the same.
We stand
side by side.
Ready? You have two laps to go.
If I have
but one –
Do you mind?
Do you mind
if my house is on
this side
of the tracks?
I really don’t do
well with smoke.
Do you mind?
If things are
“equaled up” –
do I have to give you
what’s already mine?
Is that
what you say?
If you get
won’t you take
this and that
from me and mine?
If you get
won’t I have to give?
Would that
be fair?
If we don’t –
Do you mind?
Oh, and by the way
if someone asks about
this unequal-equal thing –
I never said this.
We never spoke.
Do you mind?
1/2/2022 North Andover